Communion and Otherness Further Studies in Personhood and the Church

by Zizioulas, John D.; McPartlan, Paul; Williams, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9780567031471
• ISBN10: 0567031470
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled? This work seeks to answer the question. It 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction : communion and otherness	p. 1
On being other : towards an ontology of otherness	p. 13
On being a person : towards an ontology of personhood	p. 99
The father as cause : personhood generating otherness	p. 113
The Trinity and personhood : appreciating the Cappadocian contribution	p. 155
Person and individual - a 'misreading' of the cappadocians?	p. 171
Pneumatology and the importance of the person : a commentary on the Second Ecumenical Council	p. 178
Human capacity and human incapacity : a theological exploration of personhood	p. 206
'Created' and 'uncreated' : the existential significance of Chalcedonian christology	p. 250
A dialogue with Philip Sherrard	p. 270
The church as the 'mystical' body of Christ : towards an ecclesial mysticism	p. 286
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