The living Christ : the theological legacy of Georges Florovsky / edited by John Chryssavgis and Brandon Gallaher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chryssavgis, John, editor.

Gallaher, Brandon, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Theology.

theology.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines--History--20th century.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Florovsky, Georges, 1893-1979.

Florovsky, Georges.

Medical Subjects:

Theology.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 494 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2021.

Language Note:

One essay translated from the French.

Summary:

"The Mind and Body of the Church: The Theological Legacy of Georges Florovsky is the only comprehensive critical anthology of different theological and historical aspects related to Florovsky's thought by an international group of leading academics and church personalities. This is also the only publication in book form in English translation of Florovsky's key study in French - "The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church". The contributors to this volume tackle a broad range of subjects that comprise the theological legacy of the most influential theologian of the 20th century. The essays examine the life and work of Florovsky, his theology and theological methodology, as well as ecclesiology and ecumenism. A must-have volume for those who study Florovsky and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Theological Legacy of Archpriest Georges Florovsky

2. The Diachronic Significance of Fr. Georges Florovsky's Theological Contribution / Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

3. Three Witnesses: Bulgakov, Florovsky, Lossky / Metropolitan John

4. Georges Florovsky and the Sophiological Controversy / Metropolitan Kallisto

5. Georges Florovsky and Sergius Bulgakov: "In Peace Let Us Love One Another" / Alexis Klimoff

6. Father Georges Florovsky and Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov: A Theological Encounter / Paul Ladouceur

7. The Newly Published Correspondence between Fr. Georges Florovsky and Fr. Alexander Schmemann: Reflections on Leadership / Nikolai Sakharov

8. A "Theology of Facts": Christ in the Theological Thought of Fr. Georges Florovsky and Fr. John Meyendorff / Paul L. Gavrilyuk

9. "Waiting for the Barbarians": Identity and Polemicism in the Neopatristic Synthesis of Georges Florovsky / Joost van Rossum

10. Neopatristic Synthesis and Ecumenism: Toward the "Reintegration" of Christian Tradition / Brandon Gallaher

11. The Ecclesial Hellenism of Fr. Georges Florovsky / Matthew Baker

12. The Emergence of the Neopatristic Synthesis: Content, Challenges, Limits / Christos Yannaras

13. Christian Hellenism in the Neopatristic Synthesis of Fr. Georges Florovsky / Marcus Plested

14. Apophaticism, Cataphaticism, Mystical Theology, and the Christian Hellenism of Fr. Georges Florovsky / Metropolitan Chrysostomos

15. Florovsky's "Predicament of the Christian Historian" and the Orthodox Church's Predicament with History Today / Pantelis Kalaitzidis

16. From Synthesis to Symphony / Vassa Larin

17. Beginning with Christ: The Key to Anthropology in the Dogmatic Work of Florovsky / John Behr

18. Creatio ex nihilo and creatio ex amore: Florovsky, Bulgakov, and Zizioulas in Dialogue on Theological Methodology / Alexis Torrance

19. Ecclesiology in Relation to History: Church and World in the Christian Vision of Fr. Georges Florovsky / Nikolaos Asproulis

20. Overcoming Florovsky's Opposition of the Charismatic to the Canonical in "On the Limits of the Church" / Will Cohen

21. Fr. Georges Florovsky and Mission: Witness "To," "With," or "Beyond" "Sacred Hellenism"? / Alexander Rentel

22. The Timeliness of Patristic Thought, and the Contribution of Fr. Georges Florovsky to Contemporary Theological Dialogue / Athanasios N. Papathanasiou

23. Georges Florovsky and the World Council of Churches / Metropolitan Gennadios

24. Fr. Georges Florovsky's Understanding of the New Mission in the West / Archbishop Job

25. Introduction to Georges Florovsky's The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church / Ivana Noble

26. The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church / Robert M. Arida

Translated by Robert M. Arida / Georges Florovsky.

Notes:

"Foreword by ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew"--front cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Living Christ

ISBN:

9780567700469

0567700461

9780567701855

0567701859

OCLC:

1240827532

Publisher Number:

99993387270