Dragos Mirsanu

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, .

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Pagina web a instituţiei: http://www.theo.kuleuven.be/page/en/
Pagina web personala: http://discipulussimplex.wordpress.com/

Nascut(a) in: 1977

Interese: History, Theology, Religion

Details:
FULL NAME
Dragos-Gabriel Mirsanu
[As an author, the name appears sometimes mistyped as Dragos Marsanu]
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A historian of Church and Theology (particularly during Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages).
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CURRENT PROJECT
PhD Thesis: 'The Politics of Otherness: Arianism of Barbarians in Late Antiquity'
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EDUCATION
I have earned degrees in Orthodox Theology (BA, Cuza Univ. of Iasi, Ro.), Historical Theology (MA, Faculty of Theology, Univ. of Bucharest, Ro.), Intercultural Theology and Eastern Christian Studies (MA, Univ. of Nijmegen, Ned.). I am currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Theology, Univ. of Leuven, Be. (degree to be earned in 2009).
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Church and the transformation of the Mediterranean world in Late Antiquity (4th - 7th centuries), with special interest in topics such as Christianity of the 'barbarian' peoples, history of mission and conversion, orthodoxy and heresy, history of late Arianism, Patristics.
Byzantine History and Theology, esp. the relationship between Byzantium and the West. The Post-Byzantine 17th century in Southern and Eastern Europe, with special concern for the Orthodox Confessions of Faith and topics relating to Cultural History.
History of the Christian doctrine, esp. the problem with the concept of 'doctrinal development' in patristic, post-patristic and Orthodox theology. The Origin and Evolution of Anti-Trinitarian Doctrines in Modern and Contemporary Christianity.
The challenge of different historiographical approaches to the first centuries of the Christian era, such as Early Church History, Early Christianity, Christian Antiquity, Late Antiquity. Contemporary methodological turns in ecclesiastical historiography, e.g. dealing with the concept of 'heresy'.

Publicații selectate:

* Lactanțiu, Despre moartea persecutorilor [- De mortibus persecutorum] (Editie bilingva; traducere de Cristian Bejan; studiu introductiv, tabel cronologic, note explicative si anexe de Dragos Mirsanu), Colectia Traditia Crestina, 11. Polirom, Dragos Mirsanu, 2011.

* Dragos Mirsanu, The Aesthetic ‘Shadow’ of Gothic Arianism: Archaeology, Architecture and Art in the Age of Heresies, Zeta Books, Mihail Neamtu, Bogdan Tataru-Cazaban, Memory, Humanity, and Meaning. Selected Essays in Honor of Andrei Plesu’s Sixtieth Anniversary offered by New Europe College alumni & friends pages, 2009.

* Dragos Mirsanu, The Imperial Policy of Otherness: Justinian and the Arianism of the Barbarians as a Motive for the Recovery of the West, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, 84 (4), 2008.

* Dragos Mirsanu, The Bible as a Multicultural Phenomenon: Saul's Conversion on the Way of Damascus, Inter: Romanian Review for Theological and Religious Studies, 1, no. 1-2, 2007.

* Dragos Mirsanu, Epifanie, Ancoratus si alteritatea de credinta, Colectia Traditia Crestina, 5. Polirom, Epiphanius Salaminis/ Epifanie al Salaminei, Ancoratus (editie bilingva, trad. de Oana Coman, studiu introductiv de Dragos Mirsanu), 2007.

* Dragos Mirsanu, Origen si posteritatea sa in contextul Antichitatii Tarzii, Colectia Traditia Crestina, 1. Polirom, Origen, Omilii, comentarii si adnotari la Geneza (Trad. si studiu introd. de Adrian Muraru, tabel cronologic de Dragos Mirsanu), 2006.

* Dragos Mirsanu, Old News Concerning Peter Mogila's 'Orthodox Confession': the First Edition Revisited, Archaeus: Studies in the History of Religions, 10, no. 1-2, 2006.

* Dragos Mirsanu, The Romanian Orthodox Church. Aspects of Religious Life in Romania, Peeters, Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 58, no. 1-2, 2006.

* Dragos Mirsanu, The Politics of Otherness: Arianism and Orthodoxy in the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Late Antique Mediterranean World (MA thesis, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands), 2004.

* Dragos Mirsanu, (Un)acceptable Otherness: Imperial Attitudes toward the Arianism of the Barbarians from Theodosius I until the Age of Justinian, Ashgate, Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies. London 21-26 August 2006, 3, 2006.