Course Description
After a brief look at the use of the concept of deification in Greek patristic thought before the sixth century, the course will examine detail how the writings of Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor utilize the concept to describe the goal of human existence.
Bibliography
Dionysius the Areopagite, The Complete Works, trans. Colm Luibheid (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1987).
Maximus the Confessor, Selected Writings, trans. George C. Berthold (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985).
Andrew Louth, Maximus the Confessor (London: Routledge, 1996).