1st Edition

Maximus the Confessor and Evolutionary Biology The Phylogenetic Logoi

By Andrew P. Jackson Copyright 2025
224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book brings Maximus the Confessor’s logoi doctrine into dialogue with modern-day evolutionary biology. It explores the extent to which the logoi , as described by Maximus, exhibit features that are concordant with evolution before going on to consider more discordant aspects that cannot be ignored. The author addresses the curious resonance between the logoi and evolution in a... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Evolutionary logoi  3. The Christo-forming logoi  4. The Purposeful logoi  5. The Good logoi  6. Conclusions

Biography

Andrew P. Jackson is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK.