Order code: HDBIC | 978-1-59525-041-4 | Paperback | 6 x 9 | 164 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2015
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Written as an accessible introduction to the often misunderstood Catholic teaching on divinization, this remarkable study examines the claim that God transforms the Christian people through the Church’s liturgy to share in his divine nature. Although the essays in this collection vary in both authorship and in focus, the work as a whole forms a coherent introduction to the way in which God makes the faithful in the pews partakers in his divine nature through the action of the liturgy. Featuring essays by David W. Fagerberg, Andrew D. Swafford, Daria Spezzano, Michael G. Sirilla, and Andrew Hofer, OP, this remarkable collection explores the Church’s teachings on divinization in relation to Scripture, liturgical theology, pastoral teaching, liturgical renewal, and evangelization.
“Eastern Christian theology celebrates divinization as the divine "telos" for all human beings, that we might become God’s fellows and partakers. Now we have a much-needed book that celebrates divinization in the Roman Catholic tradition! Andrew Hofer’s team of theologians presents an intriguing explanation of divinization by drawing from the treasury of Catholic tradition. In a writing style accessible to the Catholic in the pew, the authors establish the biblical roots of divinization, show how people and communities receive the gift of divinization in liturgy, and connect divinization to the urgency of the new evangelization. I highly recommend this sophisticated and theologically-rich book for clergy, theologians, students, and general readers.”
—Nicholas Denysenko, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute Loyola Marymount University
“This work not only fills a critical need by explaining the link between the liturgy and our divinization but shows how mission and evangelization are also essentially connected to our becoming partakers of the divine nature. Accessible and readable, Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy advances our understanding of how divinization can and should impact our prayer, our witness, and in fact the entirety of our daily lives.”
—Daniel Keating, PhD,
Author of Deification and Grace
Associate Professor of Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary,
Detroit, Michigan
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