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Did Augustine anticipate postmodern criticism, particularly in his theory of signs? While there are superficial similarities, Augustine's position is fundamentally invested in issues of truth and reference that postmodernism brackets out., The case has been made that Augustine anticipated postmodern criticism. Umberto Eco apparently wrote, 'Textual semiotics and contemporary hermeneutics still move along the main lines set down by Augustine, even [...]

Ignatius twice produces a puzzling image of the Christian ministry. In both Magnesians VI and Trallians III, he likens the υπισκοπο[σto God, the πρζσβυτζροι to the Apostles and the διακοvοι [...]

By J. N. D. Kelly. Pp. x + 310. London: Duckworth, 1995. ISBN 0 7156 2643 4. 35 £. Biography is a narrative form, and the great achievement of this [...]

Christology and Cosmology. Models of Divine Activity in Origen, Eusebius, and Athanasius. By J. REBECCA LYMAN. Pp. viii + 184. (Oxford Theological Monographs.) Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.) ISBN 0 19 [...]

Anyone undertaking a study of any theme or aspect of life over the whole course of what might be designated classical antiquity and the Greco-Roman world is running a considerable [...]

This book is to be welcomed and recommended, the important thing being that students love it - they find it easier to cope with than Kelly. It is the distillation [...]

This book is, as it says, a 'handbook'. It documents what we find in the extant literature - Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian - from the New Testament to [...]

This paper is not an exercise in patristic disability theology; rather it seeks to explore the theological anthropology of the Fathers, particularly Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa, in such a way as to shed light on how they understood human physicality and limitation, morbidity and mortality. The key is the doctrine of creation and the consequent recognition of humankind as a creature (1) constituted of soul and body, thus to be re-created at the resurrection rather than continuing to exist as an inherently immortal soul, and (2) made in the image of God, the image, or portrait, being manifest in a medium other than what is imaged. Personal testimony indicates the relevance of these points for the sacredness of bodies, even of those impaired or disabled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Early Church. By Morwenna Ludlow. [History of the Christian Church.] (New York: I. B. Tauris. 2009. Pp. xx, 282. $39.95. ISBN 978-1-845-11366-7.) The Early Church is divided into nine [...]

The article presents an obituary for Reverend Professor Frances M. Young.

The author discusses the discovery of wisdom in weakness. A narrative of St. Francis of Assissi's spiritual journey to attain peace and wisdom is presented. The author describes her experience of caring for a son with a disability which has allowed her access to some of the deepest truths of Christian religion. She reflects on human creatureliness, the wisdom of the cross, and the wisdom of apatheia or passionlessness that is in connection with the story of St. Francis. A study of a passage from Corinthians for the L'Arche communities is highlighted.