{"product_id":"our-divine-double-charles-m-stang-9780674287198","title":"Our Divine Double","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if you were to discover that you were not entirely you, but rather one half of a whole, that you had, in other words, a divine double? In the second and third centuries CE, this idea gripped the religious imagination of the Eastern Mediterranean, providing a distinctive understanding of the self that has survived in various forms throughout the centuries, down to the present. \u003ci\u003eOur Divine Double \u003c\/i\u003etraces the rise of this ancient idea that each person has a divine counterpart, twin, or alter-ego, and the eventual eclipse of this idea with the rise of Christian conciliar orthodoxy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Stang marshals an array of ancient sources: from early Christianity, especially texts associated with the apostle Thomas \"the twin\"; from Manichaeism, a missionary religion based on the teachings of the \"apostle of light\" that had spread from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean; and from Neoplatonism, a name given to the renaissance of Platonism associated with the third-century philosopher Plotinus. Each of these traditions offers an understanding of the self as an irreducible unity-in-duality. To encounter one's divine double is to embark on a path of deification that closes the gap between image and archetype, human and divine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the figure of the divine double receded from the history of Christianity with the rise of conciliar orthodoxy, it survives in two important discourses from late antiquity: theodicy, or the problem of evil; and Christology, the exploration of how the Incarnate Christ is both human and divine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles M. Stang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674287193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674287198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Charles M. Stang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990253699327,"sku":"9780674287198","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_258eb386-90a5-4638-9763-e1e767445b58.jpg?v=1683303836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-divine-double-charles-m-stang-9780674287198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}