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Essays in Ecumenical Theology II
Conversations with Orthodoxy
Series: - Studies in Reformed Theology, Volume: 44
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In this volume of Essays in Ecumenical Theology Ivana Noble engages in conversations with Orthodox theologians and spiritual writers on diverse themes. These include the discovery of the human heart, what illumination by divine light means, the relationship between prayer and attitudes and acts of social solidarity, the problematic nature of sacrificial thinking as the way to express redemption through Christ, the ecological dimension of theological anthropology, the need for freedom to coexist with love for others and why institutions need to turn not only to their own traditions but also to the Spirit that blows where it wills.
Ivana Noble, PhD. (1966) is Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Charles University in Prague, and a former president of Societas Oecumenica. She has published monographs and articles on Orthodox theology, theology and culture facing totalitarianism, and the hermeneutics of tradition.
"In gesamten Buch bietet N. ein >>Bild gelebter Orthodoxie<<. Der wahre Wert dieses Buches, abgesehen davon, dass es nicht-orthodoxen Lesern einen Einblick in die Schatzkammer des Ostens gewährt, besteht darin, dass es eine Aussenperspektive von jemandem bietet, der sich während seiner gesamten akademischen Karriere mit Orthodoxie befasst hat. Dat beduetet sowohl Nautralität als auch Objectivität, gepaart mit Sachkenntnis. Meine Empfehlung hier basiert aber in erster Linie auf der wissenschaftlichen Qualität des Buches.", Vladimir Latinovic, Tübingen, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 148.4 (2023).
Contents
Introduction
1 Freedom and Creativity in Spiritual Life
â1âWhy Freedom and Creativity as a Starting Point?
â2âSt Symeon the New Theologian
â3âSt Ignatius of Loyola
â4âConversing with St Symeon and St Ignatius on Freedom and Creativity
2 The Ladder Connecting Heaven and Earth
â1âDoes Spiritual Ascent Have a Recognisable Structure?
â2âInverted Order of Grace as Revealed in Jacobâs Dream
â3âSt John Climacus
â4âExistentialist Reading of Climacus
â5âPetre Å¢uÅ£ea
â6âThe Role and the Problem of Structures in Pursuing Spiritual Life
3 The Experience and the Doctrine of Deification
â1âDeification as Radical Unity with God
â2âSt Gregory Palamas
â3âLessons from (Post)Modern Philosophical Mysticism
â4âParadoxical Proximities
4 Integrating Hesychast Insights into Mainstream Western Tradition
â1âModern Revival of Hesychasm
â2âCardinal Tomáš Å pidlÃk
â3âÅ pidlÃkâs Followers
â4âInculturation of Patristic and Slavic Hesychasm
5 Kenotic Spirituality
â1âDifferent Interpretations of Kenosis
â2âFr Lev Gillet â A Monk of the Eastern Church
â3âKenotic Spirituality in the Present Context
6 The Transformative Power of Holiness
â1âThe Beatitudes as a Mirror of Holiness
â2âMother Maria (Gysi)
â3âLeonardo Boff
â4âIntegration of the Negative and the Role of Communion
7 Mission
â1âMission as a Theological Theme
â2âGeorges Florovsky
â3âEmmanuel Clapsis
â4âThe Mission in which the Orthodox Participate
8 Liturgical and Sacramental Vision of Life
â1âLiturgy and Sacrament
â2âCommunion with God according to Alexander Schmemann
â3âSacramentality in Louis-Marie Chauvet
â4âParticipation in the Transformative Feast
9 People as âSymbolic Animalsâ
â1âWhy âSymbolic Animalsâ?
â2âPaul Tillich
â3âPaul RicÅur
â4âOpenness and Roots
10 The Common Home
â1âGod Making His Home in Creation
â2âFr Dumitru StÄniloae
â3âThe Eschatological and the Practical Understanding of the Common Home
11 Redemption
â1âProblems of Metanarratives
â2âTheological Tendencies to Metanarrativity in the Doctrine of Redemption
â3âVladimir Lossky
â4âRaymund Schwager
â5âFrom the Economy of the Punishment to the Economy of the Gift?
12 Pan-Orthodoxy and the Vision of Christian Unity
â1âPan-Orthodoxy in the Time of the Rising Ecumenical Movement
â2âTowards the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete
â3âEcumenical Relations in the Conciliar Documents
â4âThe Aftermath of the Council
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Freedom and Creativity in Spiritual Life
â1âWhy Freedom and Creativity as a Starting Point?
â2âSt Symeon the New Theologian
â3âSt Ignatius of Loyola
â4âConversing with St Symeon and St Ignatius on Freedom and Creativity
2 The Ladder Connecting Heaven and Earth
â1âDoes Spiritual Ascent Have a Recognisable Structure?
â2âInverted Order of Grace as Revealed in Jacobâs Dream
â3âSt John Climacus
â4âExistentialist Reading of Climacus
â5âPetre Å¢uÅ£ea
â6âThe Role and the Problem of Structures in Pursuing Spiritual Life
3 The Experience and the Doctrine of Deification
â1âDeification as Radical Unity with God
â2âSt Gregory Palamas
â3âLessons from (Post)Modern Philosophical Mysticism
â4âParadoxical Proximities
4 Integrating Hesychast Insights into Mainstream Western Tradition
â1âModern Revival of Hesychasm
â2âCardinal Tomáš Å pidlÃk
â3âÅ pidlÃkâs Followers
â4âInculturation of Patristic and Slavic Hesychasm
5 Kenotic Spirituality
â1âDifferent Interpretations of Kenosis
â2âFr Lev Gillet â A Monk of the Eastern Church
â3âKenotic Spirituality in the Present Context
6 The Transformative Power of Holiness
â1âThe Beatitudes as a Mirror of Holiness
â2âMother Maria (Gysi)
â3âLeonardo Boff
â4âIntegration of the Negative and the Role of Communion
7 Mission
â1âMission as a Theological Theme
â2âGeorges Florovsky
â3âEmmanuel Clapsis
â4âThe Mission in which the Orthodox Participate
8 Liturgical and Sacramental Vision of Life
â1âLiturgy and Sacrament
â2âCommunion with God according to Alexander Schmemann
â3âSacramentality in Louis-Marie Chauvet
â4âParticipation in the Transformative Feast
9 People as âSymbolic Animalsâ
â1âWhy âSymbolic Animalsâ?
â2âPaul Tillich
â3âPaul RicÅur
â4âOpenness and Roots
10 The Common Home
â1âGod Making His Home in Creation
â2âFr Dumitru StÄniloae
â3âThe Eschatological and the Practical Understanding of the Common Home
11 Redemption
â1âProblems of Metanarratives
â2âTheological Tendencies to Metanarrativity in the Doctrine of Redemption
â3âVladimir Lossky
â4âRaymund Schwager
â5âFrom the Economy of the Punishment to the Economy of the Gift?
12 Pan-Orthodoxy and the Vision of Christian Unity
â1âPan-Orthodoxy in the Time of the Rising Ecumenical Movement
â2âTowards the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete
â3âEcumenical Relations in the Conciliar Documents
â4âThe Aftermath of the Council
Bibliography
Index
All interested in Christian theology and spirituality, both Orthodox and Western, in ecumenism, and in the search for shared human values.