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Nicaea and the Future of Christianity / George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought
- Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Council of Nicaea--(1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey).
- Council of Nicaea.
- Christianity.
- Church history.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 333 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- From publisher's description: Commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, this volume offers an original examination of the enduring impact of the single most famous gathering of Christians since the apostolic age Despite the longstanding historical and theological study of the Council of Nicaea, several central questions remain. Was Nicaea a theological event or a political one? What does it mean if it was both? Was Constantine’s intervention without precedent, or was he simply continuing a long-standing role of a Roman emperor who was responsible for leading a religious cult (albeit now for a different faith tradition)? And what about the actual theological debates of Nicaea and our ability to understand them? Scholars might never exhaust this avenue of inquiry, despite the numerous studies in recent decades. For many scholars and Christian activists today, the significance of Nicaea centers around the idea of conciliarity and what this has meant, both historically and theologically, for the Christian community. Why and how did Nicaea become foundational for thinking that the church operates in a conciliar manner? How did that work historically in different parts of the Christian world? And how should it work today? Nicaea and the Future of Christianity offers a fresh, globally-diverse, ecumenically-minded approach to these questions with an impressive collection of both senior and junior scholars, reflecting a diversity of views within the Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant traditions. The great benefit of this wide-ranging approach lies precisely in its ability to see the many ways in which Nicaea continues to speak to the future of Christianity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series Editors
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Nicaean Theologies
- Under the Shadow of the Samosatene: From Antioch to Nicaea 325 and Beyond
- Christophanic Exegesis in Defense of the Nicaean Faith: Patristic Authors and Scholars of Patristics
- Nicaea in the Dogmatic Order of Late Antiquity
- Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, and the Paradox of Nicaea
- The Theologian, the Historian, and the Holy Spirit: Reflections Around Nicaea
- God with Us: A Contemporary Sophiological Christology
- Part II: Historical Memory
- The First Council of Nicaea: Golden Standard or Squandered Opportunity?
- Preaching Nicaea in Verse: The Legacy of the Council in the Writings of Jacob of Serugh
- Civic Religion in the Long Roman Empire
- Nicaea's Digital Afterlives
- Part III: Conciliarity
- The Council of Jerusalem and the Council of Nicaea
- Nature, Will, and Grace: The Council of Nicaea and the Ontological Presuppositions of Conciliarity
- Conciliarity Beyond the Greco-Roman Empire: Thomas Christian Yogams and Lay Participation in Ecclesial Decision Making
- Nicaea, Negative Theology, Democracy
- Part IV: Ecumenical Implications
- A Symbol of the Whole: The Nicene Creed and Dogmatic Minimalism
- Nicaea, Pelikan, and the Legitimacy of Doctrinal Development in Orthodoxy
- Newman, Nicaea, and the Prerogatives of the Past
- Nicaea and the Legacy of Truth: Bounded Virtue and Ascetical Spirituality
- Part V: The Future of Nicaea
- Re-Reception of the Faith of Nicaea Then and Now: Reflections on the Role of Reinterpretation of Theology Through Conciliarity
- The Future of Nicaea
- Nicaea as a Task for the Future
- List of Contributors
- Series List.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5315-1018-3
- OCLC:
- 1519988806
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