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1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Beyond Agnosticism and Pantheism -- Christoph Schneider -- Chapter 1: The Concept of the Divine Energies -- David Bradshaw -- Chapter 2: St. Gregory Palamas as the Response of Orthodox Mystical Theology to (Neo- )Platonistand Aristotelian Metaphysics -- Constantinos Athanasopoulos -- Chapter 3: Pancreation Lost: The Fall of Theology -- Roy Clouser -- Chapter 4: The Woes of Originality: Discussing David Bradshaw's AristotelianJourney into Neo-Palamism -- Antoine Lévy OP -- Chapter 5: Striving for Participation: Palamite Analogy as Dialogical Syn-energy and Thomist Analogy as Emanational Similitude -- Nikolaos Loudovikos -- Chapter 6: The Significance of the Distinction between the Essence and Energies of God according to St. Basilthe Great -- Georgios Martzelos -- Chapter 7: Christianity and Platonism in East and West -- John Milbank -- Chapter 8: The Sense and Reference of the Essence and Energies -- N.N. Trakakis -- Chapter 9: The Distinction Between Essence and Energy According to Maximus the Confessor -- Metropolitan Vasilios (Karayiannis) of Constantia-Ammochostos -- Chapter 10: In Defence of the Essence/Energies Distinction: A Reply to Critics -- David Bradshaw -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Back cover |
| Summary |
A composite book of essays from ten scholars, Divine Essence and Divine Energies provides a rich repository of diverse opinion about the essence-energy distinction in Orthodox Christianity - a doctrine which lies at the heart of the often-fraught fault line between East and West, and which, in this book, inspires a lively dialogue between the contributors. The contents of the book revolve around several key questions: In what way were the Aristotelian concepts of ousia and energeia used by the Church Fathers, and to what extent were their meanings modified in the light of the Christological an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Theology
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| SUBJECT |
Orthodox Eastern Church. fast (OCoLC)fst00510210 |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox.
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RELIGION -- Christian Rituals & Practice -- General.
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Theology.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Athanasopoulos, Constantinos
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Schneider, Christoph
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| ISBN |
022790012X |
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9780227900123 |
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1299484794 |
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9781299484795 |
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