{"product_id":"faith-reason-and-theosis-9781531503024","title":"Faith, Reason, and Theosis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheosis \u003c\/i\u003eshapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ethe thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eas a triumphalistic club to beat down Catholic and Protestant Christians, claiming that they rejected \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ein favor of either a rationalistic or fideistic approach to Christian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays collected in this volume move beyond this East–West divide by examining the rela­tion between faith, reason, and \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003efrom Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant perspectives. A variety of themes are addressed, such as the nature–grace debate and the relation of philosophy to theology, through engagement with such diverse thinkers as Thomas Aquinas, John Wes­ley, Meister Eckhart, Dionysius the Areopagite, Symeon the New Theologian, Panayiotis Nellas, Vladimir Lossky, Martin Luther, Martin Heidegger, Sergius Bulgakov, John of the Cross, Delores Williams, Evagrius of Pontus, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The essays in this book are situated within a current thinking on \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003ethat consists of a common, albeit minimalist, affirmation amidst the flow of differences. The authors in this volume contribute to the historical theological task of complicating the contemporary Orthodox narrative, but they also continue the “theologi­cal achievement” of thinking about \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eso that all Christian traditions may be challenged to stretch and shift their understanding of \u003ci\u003etheosis \u003c\/i\u003eeven amidst an ecumenical celebration of the gift of participation in the life of God.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aristotle Papanikolaou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48282783777019,"sku":"9781531503024","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781531503024_c55a6aeb-65fd-4f42-9fff-2dbab6340c6b.jpg?v=1772484613","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/faith-reason-and-theosis-9781531503024","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}