Clement of Alexandria's Reinterpretation of Divine Providence

The Christianization of the Hellenistic Idea of Pronoia

• Author(s): Jon D. Ewing,
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Pages: 274
• ISBN_10: 077345036X
  ISBN_13: 9780773450363
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christian Theology / General , Religion / Christian Theology / History , Religion / Theology ,

Description:... This work examines the ways in \vhich the early Christian author. Clement ofAlexandria, was able to creatively synthesize disparate Biblical, Hellenistic Jewish, Platonic and Stoic understandings of the concept of divine providence. After an initial look at Clement's socio-historical environment. the study focuses on specific conceptual development of providence [1tp6vota] and how this term was utilized and understood in its respective milieux.