Gregory Palamas: The Hesychast Controversy and the Debate with Islam

by Norman Russell

Gregory Palamas, a monk of Mount Athos and metropolitan of Thessalonike from 1347 to 1357, was a leading fourteenth-century Byzantine intellectual. He was the chief spokesman for the hesychasts in the controversy bearing that name, which began when a charge of heresy was laid against him in 1340 and ended with his proclamation as a saint in 1368. Although excellent English translations of some of Palamas' theological writings are available, very...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802077472
• ISBN13: 9781802077476
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 7.9"