Communion and otherness : further studies in personhood and the church /: further studies in personhood and the church. ([2010?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Communion & otherness
• Further Information: Note: John D. Zizioulas ; edited by Paul McPartlan.
• Other Names: Zizioulas, Jean, 1931-; McPartlan, Paul
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Communion and Otherness; Chapter 1 ON BEING OTHER: Towards an Ontology of Otherness; Introduction; I. Otherness and the Being of Creation; 1. The Gulf between Uncreated and Created Being; 2. Bridging the Gulf of Otherness; II. Otherness and the Being of God; III. Otherness and the Being of Christ; IV. Otherness and the Being of the Church; V. Otherness and the Human Being; 1. Otherness as Constitutive of the Human Being; 2. Otherness as the Tragedy of the Human Being; 3. Otherness and the ''New Being'' Chapter 2 ON BEING A PERSON: Towards an Ontology of PersonhoodI. The Personal Question as an Ontological Question; II. Presuppositions for an Ontology of Personhood; III. Conclusions for an Ontology of Personhood; Chapter 3 THE FATHER AS CAUSE: Personhood Generating Otherness; I. The Patristic Background; 1. The Early Creeds; 2. The Cappadocians; II. In Defence of the Cappadocians; 1. Being and Personhood; 2. Causality and Communion; 3. Causality and the Ultimate Reality in God; 4. Causality and Ordering; 5. Consequences for Anthropology; 6. Consequences for Ecclesiology. 7. Consequences for MonotheismChapter 4 THE TRINITY AND PERSONHOOD: Appreciating the Cappadocian Contribution; Introduction; I. The Historical Context; 1. Sabellianism; 2. Eunomianism; II. The Philosophical Implications; III. The Anthropological Consequences; Conclusion; Appendix: Person and Individual -- a ''Misreading'' of the Cappadocians?; Chapter 5 PNEUMATOLOGY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PERSON: A Commentary on the Second Ecumenical Council; Introduction; I. From Nicaea to Constantinople: The Crucial Issues and the New Theological Ideas. 1. The Establishment of the Dialectic between ''Created'' and ''Uncreated''2. The Questioning of the Substantialist Language and the Emergence of the Notion of Person; 3. The Emergence of Doxological Theology and the Contrast between ''Theologia'' and ''Oikonomia''; II. Important Points of the Pneumatology of the Second Ecumenical Council; 1. The Holy Spirit Is God; 2. The Holy Spirit Proceeds from the Father; III. From Constantinople to Today; Conclusion; Chapter 6 HUMAN CAPACITY AND HUMAN INCAPACITY: A Theological Exploration of Personhood; Introduction; I. The Substantialist Approach. II. Personhood as Ekstasis and Hypostasis of BeingIII. Personhood in the Light of Christology and Pneumatology; Conclusion; Chapter 7 ''CREATED'' AND ''UNCREATED'': The Existential Significance of Chalcedonian Christology; I. The Appearance of the Created-Uncreated Dialectic; II. The Existential Significance of the Created-Uncreated Dialectic; III. Transforming the Created-Uncreated Dialectic by Christology; IV. Some Problems for Further Discussion; 1. The Meaning of Death; 2. The Question of the Immortality of the Soul; 3. The Salvation of the World by Christ.
• Publisher Details: London New York : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)
• Subjects: 230.19; Theological anthropology -- Christianity; Church; RELIGION -- Christianity -- General; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic; Church; Theological anthropology -- Christianity; Theology, Doctrinal; Theologische Anthropologie; Trinitätslehre; Ortodoxa kyrkor -- lärosatser; Teologisk antropologi; Teologi -- Ortodoxa kyrkor; Ecclesiologie; Orthodoxe kerken; Geloofsgemeenschappen; Electronic books; Doctrines
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567360144; 0567360148
• Related ISBNs: 9780567031471; 0567031470; 9780567031488; 0567031489
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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