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Communion and Otherness - Further Studies in Personhood and the Church (Hardcover, New)
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Communion and Otherness - Further Studies in Personhood and the Church (Hardcover, New)
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Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled? In this
wide-ranging study, the distinguished Orthodox theologian,
Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, seeks to answer that
question. In his celebrated book, Being as Communion (1985), he
emphasised the importance of communion for life and for unity. In
this important companion volume he now explores the complementary
fact that communion is the basis for true otherness and identity.
With a constant awareness of the deepest existential questions of
today, Metropolitan John probes the Christian tradition and
highlights the existential concerns that already underlay the
writings of the Greek fathers and the definitions of the early
ecumenical councils. In a vigorous and challenging way, he defends
the freedom to be other as an intrinsic characteristic of
personhood, fulfilled only in communion. After a major opening
chapter on the ontology of otherness, written specially for this
volume, the theme is systematically developed with reference to the
Trinity, Christology, anthropology and ecclesiology. Another new
chapter defends the idea that the Father is cause of the Trinity,
as taught by the Cappadocian fathers, and replies to criticisms of
this view. The final chapter responds to the customary separation
of ecclesiology from mysticism and strongly favours a mystical
understanding of the body of Christ as a whole. Other papers,
previously published but some not easily obtainable, are all
revised for their inclusion here. This is a further contribution to
dialogue on some of the most vital issues for theology and the
Church from one of the leading figures in modern ecumenism.
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