Origen of Alexandria

John Anthony McGuckin is an archpriest of the Orthodox Church in the Patriarchate of Romania’s Archdiocese in Western Europe, and the rector of St. Gregory’s Chapel in St. Anne’s on Sea, in northwest England. He is also a professor in the Theological Faculty of Oxford University.

• PART ONE. Origen’s Life and Thought: A Brief Introduction1.A Short Biography 2.Aspects of Origen’s Thought WorldPART TWO. Origen’s Contested Legacy3.Prolegomena4.The Ancient Origenist Crises5.Origen in Medieval Times and in the Age of Reformation6.Modern Re-discoveries of Origen7. EpilogueSelect BibliographyAppendix 1. The Origen volumes in the Sources Chrétiennes SeriesAppendix 2.The Origeniana Series volumes

This masterful summary of the legacy of one of the masters of ancient Christian thought was written by one of the masters of the subject. McGuckin is an Orthodox clergyman and a professor at the Univ. of Oxford, UK, and he has established a reputation as one of the foremost scholars and expositors of the thought of Origen in the English-speaking world. He is editor of The Westminster Handbook to Origen (2004), already a staple on the bookshelves of Origen scholars…. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.