Modern Orthodox thinkers : from the Philokalia to the present / Andrew Louth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Louth, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church--History.

History.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 382 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Downer's Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, [2015]

Summary:

Andrew Louth, one of the most respected authorities on Orthodoxy, introduces us to twenty key thinkers from the last two centuries. He begins with the Philokalia, the influential Orthodox collection published in 1782 which marked so many subsequent writers. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from Communist Russia. Louth offers historical and biographical sketches that help us understand the thought and impact of these men and women. Only some of them belong to the ranks of professional theologians. Many were neither priests nor bishops, but influential laymen. The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia. Read more: http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=5121#ixzz3oT3S2dWV --Publisher.

Contents:

The Philokalia and its infuence

Vladimir Solov'ev and Sophia

Fr Pavel Florensky and the nature of reason

Fr Sergii Bulgakov and the nature of theology

Nikolai Berdyaev

creativity, freedom and the person

Fr Georges Florovsky and the neo-patristic synthesis

Apophatic theology and deification: Myrrha Lot-Borodine and Vladimir Lossky

St Maria of Paris (Mother Maria Skobtsova) and Orthodoxy in the modern world

Modern Orthodox dogmatic theology: 1 Fr Dumitru Stăniloae

Modern Orthodox dogmatic theology: 2 St Justin Popović

Paul Evdokimov and the love and beauty of God

Neo-Palamaism: Fr John Meyendorff and some Greek neo-Palamites

Liturgical theology: Fr Alexander Schmemann and the Greeks Ioannis Foundoulis and Fr Vasileios

Theology of patristic renewal: Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Zizioulas) and Fr John Romanides

Lay theologians: 1 Philip Sherrard

Lay theologians: 2 Dimitris Koutroubis, Christos Yannaras, Stelios Ramfos

Lay theologians: 3 Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, Olivier Clément

Spiritual elders: 1 Mother Thekla (Sharf) and the English acculturation of Orthodoxy

Spiritual elders: 2 St Silouan and Fr Sophrony : seeing God as he is

Theology in Russia under communism: Fr Aleksandr Men'

Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Louth, Andrew, author. Modern Orthodox thinkers.

ISBN:

9780830851218

0830851216

OCLC:

909329070