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Identifying deification: methodological reflections in response to the Oxford Handbook of Deification
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This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD’s proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification. The OHD’s proposal offers a promising new approach to this issue that can be helpfully understood by analogy to Wittgenstein’s concept of ‘family resemblance’. This paper argues in support of this view of deification as a ‘family resemblance concept’ while also suggesting an emendation to the OHD’s proposal by considering deification as involving claims about theological language.
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1111/ijst.70029
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- International Journal of Systematic Theology More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2026-05-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-10-09
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1468-2400
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1463-1652
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English
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2329112
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2025-11-18
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- Harris, BA
- Copyright date:
- 2026
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- © 2026 The Author(s). International Journal of Systematic Theology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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