People all over the world are rediscovering the great 4th century theologian, Gregory of Nyssa. David Bentley Hart is an unabashed admirer of the great Cappadocian Father calling him the most innovative theologian of the early church. In this first of three interviews on Gregory’s thought and influence, David introduces us to Gregory and explains why he was the so-called ‘pillar of orthodoxy’ and yet was also a thinker who took the gospel into the widest realm of any of the church fathers. Along the way, Tony and David compare Gregory with Coleridge, and explore the poetic eloquence which distinguished Gregory. They dive in some detail into Gregory’s masterpiece, “On the Making of Humanity” and David explains just how Gregory did nothing more profound than invent a new Christ centred anthropology – and cosmology – that rocked the ancient world.
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Seriously Dangerous Religion: Even the stork knows—Right relationships in Jerusalem (Part 3)
Seriously Dangerous Religion: Entire Saturday (Part 2)
Seriously Dangerous Religion: The Hebrew origins of Christianity's subversive idea (Part 1)
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Original Sin: Did Augustine lead us up the wrong path?
Predestination: Where Calvin got it wrong
Tony Golsby-Smith: Prayers of Revelation
Rikk Watts: Narrative Theology
Hebrews: Humanising Faith (Part 7)
Hebrews: Resurrection and Responsibility (Part 6)
Hebrews: Does Resurrection open a new door to ‘Judgment’? (Part 5)
Miroslav Volf: Christianity and the Public Square
Miroslav Volf: Jesus and the 'Good Life'
Miroslav Volf: Pleasure, Meaning, and the Death of God
Hebrews: Jesus and the Reverse Incarnation (Part 4)
Hebrews: Jesus and the Resurrection order of Melchizedek (Part 3)
Hebrews: Jesus and the Rule of Humanity (Part 2)
Hebrews: Problem of Religion (Part 1)
Sarah Golsby-Smith: Reading Genesis
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