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Scholars from around the world offer a comprehensive, ecumenical survey of the history and development of deification.

This critical volume focuses on the issue of continuity and discontinuity ofthe Christian concept of theosis, or deification, in the intellectual history of ide

Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the

'Deification' refers to the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. Of course, Christian monotheism goes against any literal 'god making' of belie

With strong application and relevance to contemporary ecclesiological questions, this is an investigation of how understandings of theosis in the Christian Trad