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Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality (Paperback)
Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura, Aristotle Papanikolaou; Foreword by Metropolitan Ambrosius Helsinki; Contributions by Thomas Arentzen, …
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Sex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past
decade has witnessed a newfound openness regarding the topic among
Eastern Orthodox Christians. Both the theological trajectory and
the historical circumstances of the Orthodox Church differ
radically from those of other Christian denominations that have
already developed robust and creative reflections on sexuality and
sexual diversity. Within its unique history, theology, and
tradition, Orthodox Christianity holds rich resources for engaging
challenging questions of sexuality in new and responsive ways. What
is at stake in questions of sexuality in the Orthodox tradition?
What sources and theological convictions can uniquely shape
Orthodox understandings of sexuality? This volume aims to create an
agora for discussing sex, and not least the sexualities that are
often thought of as untraditional in Orthodox contexts. Through
fifteen distinct chapters, written by leading scholars and
theologians, this book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in
the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from
scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological
perspectives. Chapters devoted to practical and pastoral insights,
as well as reflections on specific cultural contexts, engage the
human realities of sexual diversity and Christian life. From
re-thinking scripture to developing theologies of sex, from
eschatological views of eros to re-evaluations of the Orthodox
responses to science, this book offers new thinking on pressing,
present-day issues and initiates conversations about homosexuality
and sexual diversity within Orthodox Christianity.
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Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality (Hardcover)
Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura, Aristotle Papanikolaou; Foreword by Metropolitan Ambrosius Helsinki; Contributions by Thomas Arentzen, …
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Sex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past
decade has witnessed a newfound openness regarding the topic among
Eastern Orthodox Christians. Both the theological trajectory and
the historical circumstances of the Orthodox Church differ
radically from those of other Christian denominations that have
already developed robust and creative reflections on sexuality and
sexual diversity. Within its unique history, theology, and
tradition, Orthodox Christianity holds rich resources for engaging
challenging questions of sexuality in new and responsive ways. What
is at stake in questions of sexuality in the Orthodox tradition?
What sources and theological convictions can uniquely shape
Orthodox understandings of sexuality? This volume aims to create an
agora for discussing sex, and not least the sexualities that are
often thought of as untraditional in Orthodox contexts. Through
fifteen distinct chapters, written by leading scholars and
theologians, this book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in
the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from
scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological
perspectives. Chapters devoted to practical and pastoral insights,
as well as reflections on specific cultural contexts, engage the
human realities of sexual diversity and Christian life. From
re-thinking scripture to developing theologies of sex, from
eschatological views of eros to re-evaluations of the Orthodox
responses to science, this book offers new thinking on pressing,
present-day issues and initiates conversations about homosexuality
and sexual diversity within Orthodox Christianity.
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On the Incarnation (Hardcover)
Saint Athanasius, Athanasius; Introduction by C. S. Lewis; Translated by John Behr
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When I first opened his De Incarnatione I soon discovered I was
reading a masterpiece ... for only a master mind could have written
so deeply on a subject with such classical simplicity. -- C.S.
Lewis, from the Introduction By any standard, this is a classic of
Christian theology. Composed by St. Athanasius in the fourth
century, it expounds with simplicity the theological vision
defended at the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople: that the Son
of God himself became "fully human, so that we might become god."
Its influence on all Christian theology thereafter, East and West,
ensures its place as one of the few "must read" books of Christian
theology for all time. We are pleased to offer this new translation
with a full introduction by C.S. Lewis. This book is also available
from SVS Press with the original Greek text presented on the facing
page. About the Author: The V. Rev. Dr John Behr was Dean and
Professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological
Seminary. He is Editor of the Popular Patristics Series. Other SVS
Press books by Fr John are The Way to Nicaea, The Nicene Faith (2
vols.), and The Mystery of Christ.
The relation between life and death is a subject of perennial
relevance for all human beings, and indeed, the whole world and the
entire universe, in as much as, according to the saying of ancient
Greek philosophy, all things that come into being pass away. Yet it
is also a topic of increasing complexity, for life and death now
appear to be more intertwined than previously or commonly thought.
Moreover, the relation between life and death is also one of
increasing urgency, as through the twin phenomena of an increase in
longevity unprecedented in human history and the rendering of
death, dying, and the dead person all but invisible, people living
in the industrialized and post-industrialized Western world of
today have lost touch with the reality of death. This radically new
situation, and predicament, has implications - medical, ethical,
economic, philosophical, and, not least, theological - that have
barely begun to be addressed. This volume gathers together essays
by a distinguished and diverse group of scientists, theologians,
philosophers, and health practitioners, originally presented in a
symposium sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.
Irenaeus and Clement, writing at the end of the second century, offer us very different views of holiness from those that came to dominate the monastic ideal. This book examines in detail their philosophies of what it means to be a human being living in the presence of God.
On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230
AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early
Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked
further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the fourth
century, and was the subject, together with its author, of
condemnation in the sixth century. As a result, the work no longer
survives intact in the original Greek. We only have the complete
work in the Latin translation of Rufinus,
This book provides a full, contextual study of St Irenaeus of
Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John
Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second
century, a fundamental period for the formation of Christian
identity, elaborating the distinction between orthodoxy and heresy
and expounding a comprehensive theological vision, and also within
our own contemporary context, in which these issues are very much
alive again. Against the commonly-held position that 'orthodoxy'
was established by excluding others, the 'heretics', Behr argues
that it was the self-chosen separation of the heretics that
provided the occasion for those who remained together to clarify
the lineaments of their faith in a church that was catholic by
virtue of embracing different voices in a symphony of many voices
and whose chief architect was Irenaeus, who, as befits his name,
urged peace and toleration. The first chapter explores Irenaeus'
background in Asia Minor, as a disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna, his
activity in Gaul, and his involvement with the Christian
communities in Rome. The theological and institutional significance
of his interventions is made clear by tracing the coalescence of
the initially fractionated communities in Rome into a united body
over the first two centuries. The second chapter provides a full
examination of Irenaeus' surviving writings, concentrating
especially on the literary and rhetorical structure of his five
books Against the Heresies, his 'refutation and overthrowal' of his
opponents in the first two books, and his establishing a framework
for articulating orthodoxy. The final chapter explores the
theological vision of Irenaeus itself, on its own terms rather than
the categories of later dogmatic theology, grounded in an apostolic
reading of Scripture and presenting a vibrant and vigorous account
of the diachronic and synchronic economy or plan of God, seen
through the work of Christ which reveals how the Hands of God have
been at work from the beginning, fashioning the creature, made from
mud and animated with a breath of life, into his own image and
likeness, vivified by the Holy Spirit, to become a 'living human
being, the glory of God'.
Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement examines the
ways in which Irenaeus and Clement understood what it means to be
human. By exploring these writings from within their own
theological perspectives, John Behr also offers a theological
critique of the prevailing approach to the asceticism of Late
Antiquity. Writing before monasticism became the dominant paradigm
of Christian asceticism, Irenaeus and Clement afford fascinating
glimpses of alternative approaches. For Irenaeus, asceticism is the
expression of man living the life of God in all dimensions of the
body, that which is most characteristically human and in the image
of God. Human existence as a physical being includes sexuality as a
permanent part of the framework within which males and females grow
towards God. In contrast, Clement depicts asceticism as man's
attempt at a godlike life to protect the rational element, that
which is distinctively human and in the image of God, from any
possible disturbance and threat, or from the vulnerability of
dependency, especially of a physical or sexual nature. Here human
sexuality is strictly limited by the finality of procreation and
abandoned in the resurrection. By paying careful attention to these
two writers, Behr offers challenging material for the continuing
task of understanding ourselves as human beings.
On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230
AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early
Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked
further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the fourth
century, and was the subject, together with its author, of
condemnation in the sixth century. As a result, the work no longer
survives intact in the original Greek. We only have the complete
work in the Latin translation of Rufinus, and a few extensive
passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia
of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus. John Behr provides a
new edition and translation of one of the most important texts from
early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which
provides a clear structure of the work with significant
implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding
the character of theology in the early Christian tradition.
"Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the Law by Thy precious
Blood. By being nailed to the Cross and pierced with the Spear,
Thou hast poured immortality on mankind. O our Saviour, glory to
Thee." - Troparion for Holy Friday Atonement is a contested but
inescapable term in contemporary English-language theological
discussion. The doctrine of atonement has received little attention
in Orthodox Christian circles since the work of Fr Georges
Florovsky, who labored to clarify and promulgate the Orthodox
teaching on atonement on the basis of his theological leitmotifs of
neo-patristic synthesis and encounter with the West. Florovsky saw
the doctrine of the person of Christ as the key to apprehending the
pattern and the unity of God's redemptive work. Hence he always
sought to follow the Church Fathers in weaving together the themes
of creation and fall, incarnation and atonement, deification and
redemption, liturgy and asceticism, in the variegated yet seamless
robe of true theology. The present volume is inspired by
Florovsky's legacy. It is composed of two parts. The first is a
collection of papers on atonement by contemporary scholars from a
patristic symposium in honor of Florovsky held at Princeton
Theological Seminary and Princeton University in 2011. The second
part is a collection of writings on atonement by Florovsky himself,
including previously unpublished manuscripts and other works
otherwise hard to access. This book offers incisive and informed
neo-patristic voices to any contemporary discussion of atonement,
thus responding to the perennial legacy and task to which Fr
Georges Florovsky exhorted Orthodox theological reflection.
"Can anything orthodox come from Pentecostalism?" This recasting of
Nathaniel's familiar question from the Gospel is a fair summary of
many modern Christians' assessment of the Pentecostal tradition.
Yet in recent years, a growing number of Pentecostals have been
turning afresh to the ancient, creedal Christian faith. Bishop
Emilio Alvarez has himself been at the forefront of this movement.
In Pentecostal Orthodoxy he introduces the phenomenon, and extends
the project of paleo-orthodox ressourcement (associated with
scholars such as Thomas Oden and Robert Webber) to include orthodox
expressions within Pentecostalism, particularly his own Afro-Latino
Pentecostal movement. This book is a manifesto of sorts, promising
not only to open up the possibility of a genuinely orthodox
Pentecostalism, but to reframe modern ecumenical dialogue as well.
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