Encounter between Eastern Orthodoxy and radical orthodoxy : transfiguring the world through the Word / edited by Adrian Pabst and Christoph Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pabst, Adrian.

Schneider, Christoph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Philosophical theology.

Anglo-Catholicism.

Radicalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents the first debate between the Anglo-Catholic movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common point of reference in this encounter. Both Radical and Eastern Orthodoxy agree that the transfiguration of the world through the Word is at the very centre of the Christian faith. The book explores how this process of transformation can be envi

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Transfiguring the World through the Word; Part I Sophia, Theology and Philosophy; 1 Glorification of the Name and Grammar of Wisdom (Sergii Bulgakov and Jean-Marc Ferry); 2 Sophiology and Theurgy: The New Theological Horizon; Part II Sophia, Politics and Ecclesiology; 3 The Metaphysics of Hope and the Transfiguration of Making in the Market Empire; 4 Wisdom and the Art of Politics; Part III Ontology, East and West; 5 Ontology Celebrated: Remarks of an Orthodox on Radical Orthodoxy

6 Kenosis, Poiesis and Genesis: Or the Theological Aesthetics of Suffering7 The Beatific Vision of St Thomas Aquinas; Part IV Orthodoxy and Transfiguration; 8 Space, Time and the Liturgy; 9 Wisdom in the Fathers: An (Eastern) Orthodox Perspective; 10 The Theologico-Political Constitution of Monastic Liturgy; 11 The Transformation of Eros: Reflections on Desire in Jacques Lacan; Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Ashgate Pub.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-138-25970-5

1-317-14403-1

1-315-57943-X

1-282-05410-4

9786612054105

0-7546-8254-4

9781315579436

OCLC:

326712764