Books in the Oxford Theological Monographs series

Protestant Reformers in Elizabethan Oxford

Karl Rahner was one of the twentieth century's great theologians and Ignatian spirituality was central to his work. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises now nourish the prayer and witness of Christians from all traditions and all walks of life. This book shows how they can also generate a creative theology, the power of which still remains to be exploited.

This book examines the central ideas that defined the debate about divine production in the Trinity in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, namely those of Henry of Ghent, John Duns Scotus, and William Ockham. Their discussions are significant for the history of trinitarian theology and the history of philosophy.

This book places Augustine's theology in a new and illuminating context by considering what he has to say about beauty.

A helpful guide to the writings of perhaps the greatest Catholic theologian of the twentieth century. Healy shows how for Balthasar the ultimate form of 'the end' is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to return to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.

Cyril of Alexandria was one of the architects of Christian orthodoxy. This book presents the comprehensive account of Cyril's narrative of salvation. It offers a corrective to certain readings of Cyril and argues that Cyril presents a balanced picture of our union with Christ.

This book looks at the relationship between biblical Hebrew verbs and the passage of time in narrative. It offers a summary of previous studies and theories, and argues that one possible way of understanding the fundamental meanings of Hebrew verbs is by examining the role played by the four main verb forms in ordering time.

In this book Evagrius Ponticus' commentaries on scripture are discussed in order to present a balanced picture of the monk and his model of the spiritual life as a rhythm back and forth between the poles of image-filled prayer based on the scriptures, and imageless, wordless, 'pure' prayer.

Offers a new interpretation of the relation between Greek thought and ancient Christian theology by analyzing the works of three foundational thinkers: Origen, Eusebius and Athanasius. The author evaluates their ideas about Christ and redemption, and compares them to contemporary views.

A new study which engages with some of the most controversial questions in recent scholarship on Augustine of Hippo, the Origenist controversy and the development of Christology through the history of the ecumenical councils.