Thomas Breedlove is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, USA. He is a researcher on the Global Flourishing Study, a 5-year international study run by the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, USA.

• Introduction 1. Composing the Body2. The Argument of this Book3. Soma, Pneuma, and Phainómenon4. Structure Part I: The Givenness of Death: Gregory and Maurice Merleau-Ponty5. Challenges6. Purity and Permanence7. Finitude8.The Flesh of the World9. The Witness of the Body10. The Pedagogue of FinitudeParenthesis 111. Methorios12. Life in AbsurditiesPart II: The Givenness of Life: Gregory and Michel Henry13. “In short, he becomes God”14. Participation in Life Itself15. “The Essence of man”16. The Duplicity of the World17. Truth and Lies18. “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”19. The Question of CreationParenthesis 220. The One from HeavenPart III: The Veil of the Flesh: Gregory and Jean-Louis Chrétien21. No longer, not yet22. The Possibility of Revelation23. Wounded Being24. The Wound of Desire25. The Call that Wounds26. The Wound of the FleshConclusion27. “When was it”

Thomas Breedlove’s impressive new book is not simply a reappropriation of Gregory of Nyssa’s theological anthropology; it also succeeds in bringing Gregory’s thought into sustained conversation with some of the most influential figures in contemporary phenomenological philosophy. In doing so, the study illuminates Gregory’s work in new ways while simultaneously inviting a reconsideration of phenomenology’s central concerns—above all, the question of embodiment situated between finitude and infinity.

Thomas Breedlove is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, USA. He is a researcher on the Global Flourishing Study, a 5-year international study run by the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, USA.

• Introduction 1. Composing the Body2. The Argument of this Book3. Soma, Pneuma, and Phainómenon4. Structure Part I: The Givenness of Death: Gregory and Maurice Merleau-Ponty5. Challenges6. Purity and Permanence7. Finitude8.The Flesh of the World9. The Witness of the Body10. The Pedagogue of FinitudeParenthesis 111. Methorios12. Life in AbsurditiesPart II: The Givenness of Life: Gregory and Michel Henry13. “In short, he becomes God”14. Participation in Life Itself15. “The Essence of man”16. The Duplicity of the World17. Truth and Lies18. “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”19. The Question of CreationParenthesis 220. The One from HeavenPart III: The Veil of the Flesh: Gregory and Jean-Louis Chrétien21. No longer, not yet22. The Possibility of Revelation23. Wounded Being24. The Wound of Desire25. The Call that Wounds26. The Wound of the FleshConclusion27. “When was it”

Thomas Breedlove’s impressive new book is not simply a reappropriation of Gregory of Nyssa’s theological anthropology; it also succeeds in bringing Gregory’s thought into sustained conversation with some of the most influential figures in contemporary phenomenological philosophy. In doing so, the study illuminates Gregory’s work in new ways while simultaneously inviting a reconsideration of phenomenology’s central concerns—above all, the question of embodiment situated between finitude and infinity.

Thomas Breedlove is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, USA. He is a researcher on the Global Flourishing Study, a 5-year international study run by the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, USA.

• Introduction 1. Composing the Body2. The Argument of this Book3. Soma, Pneuma, and Phainómenon4. Structure Part I: The Givenness of Death: Gregory and Maurice Merleau-Ponty5. Challenges6. Purity and Permanence7. Finitude8.The Flesh of the World9. The Witness of the Body10. The Pedagogue of FinitudeParenthesis 111. Methorios12. Life in AbsurditiesPart II: The Givenness of Life: Gregory and Michel Henry13. “In short, he becomes God”14. Participation in Life Itself15. “The Essence of man”16. The Duplicity of the World17. Truth and Lies18. “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”19. The Question of CreationParenthesis 220. The One from HeavenPart III: The Veil of the Flesh: Gregory and Jean-Louis Chrétien21. No longer, not yet22. The Possibility of Revelation23. Wounded Being24. The Wound of Desire25. The Call that Wounds26. The Wound of the FleshConclusion27. “When was it”

Thomas Breedlove’s impressive new book is not simply a reappropriation of Gregory of Nyssa’s theological anthropology; it also succeeds in bringing Gregory’s thought into sustained conversation with some of the most influential figures in contemporary phenomenological philosophy. In doing so, the study illuminates Gregory’s work in new ways while simultaneously inviting a reconsideration of phenomenology’s central concerns—above all, the question of embodiment situated between finitude and infinity.