scholarly journals A Phenomenological Turn of Eastern Orthodox Theology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolae Turcan
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Theology

Otto Pfleiderer und die deutsche Theologie in der kritischen Darstellung von Timofej Butkevič

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-48
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Abaschnik
Keyword(s):  
Central Place ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Critical Interpretation ◽  
Creative Career

Abstract In the article, a little-studied question of the critical interpretation of the theological position of the representative of German protestant tradition Otto Pfleiderer (1839–1908) in the eastern orthodox theology, especially in the work of Kharkiv Professor Timofej Butkevič (1854–1925), is presented. At first, the main periods of a clerical and creative career of Butkevič, including his studying at the Kharkiv Clerical Seminary (1869–1875) and the Moscow Clerical Academy (1875–1879), are considered. Then the features of the theological publications and the teaching of Butkevič at Kharkiv University are pointed out. His important works were two monographs: The evil, its essence and origin (1897) and Religion, its essence and origin (1902–1904) in two books. The positions of well-known German theologians such as Karl August von Hase (1800–1890), David Friedrich Strauß (1808–1874), Karl Theodor Keim (1825–1878), Karl Philipp Bernhard Weiss (1827–1918), and others were here analyzed. But Butkevič’s critical interpretation of the theological viewpoint of Otto Pfleiderer in his two volumes work Die Religion, ihr Wesen und ihre Geschichte (1869) and in his Geschichte der Religionsphilosophie von Spinoza bis auf die Gegenwart (1883) occupies a central place in this analysis. In turn, Butkevič’s important achievement was the popularization of the ideas of Otto Pfleiderer in Russia and Ukraine, in particular, because of his translation of extracts from Pfleiderer’s works.

Deification in the Greek Patristic Era

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-54
Author(s):  
Ruth Coates
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Mystical Union ◽  
Ethical Approach ◽  
Realistic Approach ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Revolutionary Period ◽  
The Church ◽  
Structural Significance

Chapter 1 explores the meaning of deification in the Eastern Orthodox tradition as a metaphor for salvation, comparing this with the metaphor of redemption with which the ‘Western’ denominations are more familiar. Departing from the notion of the structural significance of deification for Orthodox theology, it sets out its importance for Greek patristic anthropology, Christology, and eschatology. Following Norman Russell (2004), it distinguishes between a ‘realistic’ approach to deification through participation, notably in the sacramental life of the church, and an ‘ethical’ approach, through imitation of Christ’s virtues. The two approaches are combined in contemplative monasticism, where mystical union comes to be understood as participation in the grace or energies of God. In conclusion, the chapter identifies aspects of Greek patristic deification that prove most important to Russian religious philosophers in the inter-revolutionary period.

Andrew Louth, Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology

Theology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-378
Author(s):  
John Binns
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Theology

A Secularism of the Royal Doors: Toward an Eastern Orthodox Christian Theology of Secularism

2019 ◽  
pp. 108-130
Author(s):  
Brandon Gallaher
Keyword(s):  
Christian Theology ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
The West ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
The Trinity

The opposites, sacred and secular, are in an ‘original’ or ‘polemical unity’ in Christ and do not have their reality except in Him in a polemical attitude toward one another bearing witness in this way to their common reality and unity in the God-Man. History’s movement consists of divergence and convergence from and toward Him. One cannot, therefore, understand secularism and the secular and secularization apart from the fact that the secular is what is continuously being accepted and becoming accepted by God in Christ. Influenced by the work of Bonhoeffer, Bulgakov, and Richard Kearney and invoking Orthodox liturgy and iconography, Gallaher points to a church that images Christ and the Trinity by manifesting itself in kenosis. He argues for a move from an Orthodox anti-secularism that simply denounces and shakes its fist at the West to a positive Orthodox theology of secularism that tries to see how Orthodoxy might witness boldly to Christ in the modern pluralistic and secular West.

scholarly journals Missio Dei – the contemporary missionary paradigm and its reception in the Eastern Orthodox missionary theology

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-91
Author(s):  
Cristian Sonea
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Missio Dei ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Theology Of Mission ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Short Presentation

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyse the reception of the missio Dei paradigm in the Eastern Orthodox theology of mission. We will start with a short presentation of the genesis of the concept, and we will continue with its reception in the Protestant and Roman Catholic theology, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox thinking. The paper attempts to demonstrate that the contemporary way to understand the missionary theology and practice is in accordance with the Orthodox traditional missionary theology. At the same time, the article emphasizes the fact that the reception of missio Dei is connected with the view that different ecclesiastical bodies have about church itself. The conclusion includes some practical remarks about ways of applying the concept in the contemporary ecumenical missiology and in the field of spiritual missiology.

A lelkiismeret fogalma az ortodox etikában

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Miklós Papp
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Theology

The idea of conscience is a key concept in both Western and Eastern theologies. Beyond fundamental similarities in content, the specific accents in Eastern Orthodox theology are also worth considering. Here, the phenomenon of conscience is never simply treated as an ethical, philosophical or psychological entity, but the patristic, liturgical and spiritual dimensions are also an essential part of the discussion, which is in this manner always theonomous. Instead of a law-centered approach, Orthodox theology is personalistic and liturgical: conscience is the sanctuary of an encounter with God. It is God’s gift, yet it needs training within an ecclesial setting with the help of prayer, the theology of the fathers, Christian ascetic practices, the affective ethics of the liturgy, the contemplation of icons and the recital of Church hymns.

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