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Communion and otherness : further studies in personhood and the church /
''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 o...
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark,
2006.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.