1st Edition
Nature Contemplation in Clement of Alexandria Elements of the Method
Prologue: Clement of Alexandria’s Interdisciplinary Contemplation of Nature; Chapter 1: Paideia, Theological Anthropology, and the Curriculum; Chapter 2: Elements of the Method; Chapter 3: Enter the Holy Gnostics; Chapter 4: The Cosmos as an Object of Gnostic Contemplation; Chapter 5: Performing Nature Contemplation; Epilogue: Learnings.
Biography
Doru Costache is a Romanian Orthodox priest living in Australia and Associate Professor of Theology at the Sydney College of Divinity. He is the current Selby Old Fellow in the Religious History of the Orthodox Christian Faith at the University of Sydney Library. Until recently, he was Honorary Research Associate in Studies in Religion, the University of Sydney’s School of Humanities. He coedits ISCAST’s interdisciplinary journal, Christian Perspectives on Science and Technology. His lecturing and research career spans 30 years. He authored Humankind and the Cosmos: Early Christian Representations (2021) and coauthored A New Copernican Turn: Contemporary Cosmology, the Self, and Orthodox Science-Engaged Theology (with Geraint F. Lewis, 2024) and Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt (with Bronwen Neil and Kevin Wagner, 2019).
"Nature Contemplation in Clement of Alexandria is an intriguing contribution to the ongoing revival of interest in this late second-century figure. Costache’s discussion of Clement’s Christianisation of Classical material speaks into the importance of this ancient figure for both modern theologians and classicists, while his description of the “holy gnostic” represents a fresh perspective on Clement and his students, one that invites further reflection." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
