Medi Ann Volpe is Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at Cranmer Hall, Durham University. She has published in Modern Theology, amongst other journals, and is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming, with L. Ayres).

• Giving Thanks viiiList of Abbreviations xiIntroduction: Rethinking Christian Identity 11 Between the Postliberal and the Postmodern: "True Discipleship" as Cultural Style 122 Stories of Identity: Rowan Williams on Being a Christian 523 "It is no longer I who live": Receiving the Identity of Christ 1054 The Body's Reason: Gregory and Macrina on the Soul 1455 The Nature of Doctrine Revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on the Formation of Christian Imagination 1836 Doctrine, Discipleship, and Christian Identity 222Bibliography 242Index 254

“This is an insightful work of theology, one that clearly demonstrates the ways in which classical Christian teachings can renew Christian practice.”  (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013)“This is a substantial work that explores a considerable gap in the literature of discipleship, conversing as it does with three of the most significant contemporary theologians (unlike much literature on discipleship which ignores theology altogether. . . Academic libraries will want this book, and those interested in a way of integrating systematics and practical theology, but whether they can afford to do so is another matter (25 pence per page seems rather expensive to me, even if this hardback binding is as robust as any.) It has caused me to return to Milbank and Williams, and to explore Tanner afresh, but more significantly, to read Gregory. For that alone I am grateful to Volpe.”  (Regent's Reviews, 1 October 2013)

Medi Ann Volpe is Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at Cranmer Hall, Durham University. She has published in Modern Theology, amongst other journals, and is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming, with L. Ayres).

• Giving Thanks viiiList of Abbreviations xiIntroduction: Rethinking Christian Identity 11 Between the Postliberal and the Postmodern: "True Discipleship" as Cultural Style 122 Stories of Identity: Rowan Williams on Being a Christian 523 "It is no longer I who live": Receiving the Identity of Christ 1054 The Body's Reason: Gregory and Macrina on the Soul 1455 The Nature of Doctrine Revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on the Formation of Christian Imagination 1836 Doctrine, Discipleship, and Christian Identity 222Bibliography 242Index 254

“This is an insightful work of theology, one that clearly demonstrates the ways in which classical Christian teachings can renew Christian practice.”  (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013)“This is a substantial work that explores a considerable gap in the literature of discipleship, conversing as it does with three of the most significant contemporary theologians (unlike much literature on discipleship which ignores theology altogether. . . Academic libraries will want this book, and those interested in a way of integrating systematics and practical theology, but whether they can afford to do so is another matter (25 pence per page seems rather expensive to me, even if this hardback binding is as robust as any.) It has caused me to return to Milbank and Williams, and to explore Tanner afresh, but more significantly, to read Gregory. For that alone I am grateful to Volpe.”  (Regent's Reviews, 1 October 2013)

Medi Ann Volpe is Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at Cranmer Hall, Durham University. She has published in Modern Theology, amongst other journals, and is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming, with L. Ayres).

• Giving Thanks viiiList of Abbreviations xiIntroduction: Rethinking Christian Identity 11 Between the Postliberal and the Postmodern: "True Discipleship" as Cultural Style 122 Stories of Identity: Rowan Williams on Being a Christian 523 "It is no longer I who live": Receiving the Identity of Christ 1054 The Body's Reason: Gregory and Macrina on the Soul 1455 The Nature of Doctrine Revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on the Formation of Christian Imagination 1836 Doctrine, Discipleship, and Christian Identity 222Bibliography 242Index 254

“This is an insightful work of theology, one that clearly demonstrates the ways in which classical Christian teachings can renew Christian practice.”  (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013)“This is a substantial work that explores a considerable gap in the literature of discipleship, conversing as it does with three of the most significant contemporary theologians (unlike much literature on discipleship which ignores theology altogether. . . Academic libraries will want this book, and those interested in a way of integrating systematics and practical theology, but whether they can afford to do so is another matter (25 pence per page seems rather expensive to me, even if this hardback binding is as robust as any.) It has caused me to return to Milbank and Williams, and to explore Tanner afresh, but more significantly, to read Gregory. For that alone I am grateful to Volpe.”  (Regent's Reviews, 1 October 2013)