RT Book
T1 Faith, Reason, and Theosis
T2 Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
A2 Abraham, William J.
A2 Bouteneff, Peter C.
A2 Chau, Carolyn
A2 Davis, Robert Glenn
A2 Davis, Stephen J.
A2 Demacopoulos, George E.
A2 Hart, David Bentley
A2 Kariatlis, Philip
A2 Papanikolaou, Aristotle
A2 Porter, Jean
A2 Prevot, Andrew
A2 Purpura, Ashley M.
A2 Purpura, Ashley M.
A2 Stjerna, Kirsi
A2 Watkins, Michele
A2 Williams, Rowan
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Fordham University Press
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1873404069
AB Theosis shapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways, positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made theosis the thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole, but also their interpretation of patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used theosis as a triumphalistic club to beat down Catholic and Protestant Christians, claiming that they rejected theosis in favor of either a rationalistic or fideistic approach to Christian life. The essays collected in this volume move beyond this East-West divide by examining the relation between faith, reason, and theosis from Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant perspectives. A variety of themes are addressed, such as the nature-grace debate and the relation of philosophy to theology, through engagement with such diverse thinkers as Thomas Aquinas, John Wesley, Meister Eckhart, Dionysius the Areopagite, Symeon the New Theologian, Panayiotis Nellas, Vladimir Lossky, Martin Luther, Martin Heidegger, Sergius Bulgakov, John of the Cross, Delores Williams, Evagrius of Pontus, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The essays of this book are situated within a current thinking on theosis that consists of a common, albeit minimalist, affirmation amidst the flow of differences. The authors in this volume contribute to the historical theological task of complicating the contemporary Orthodox narrative, but they also continue the “theological achievement” of thinking about theosis so that all Christian traditions may be challenged to stretch and shift their understanding of theosis even amidst an ecumenical celebration of the gift of participation in the life of God
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CN BX320.3
SN 9781531503048
K1 Orthodox Eastern Church : Doctrines
K1 Faith and reason
K1 Philosophy and religion
K1 RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
K1 Christianity
K1 Eastern Orthodoxy
K1 Orthodox Church
K1 faith
K1 reason
K1 theology
K1 theosis
DO 10.1515/9781531503048