Priests of Creation (eBook, PDF)

John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos
Redaktion: Chryssavgis, John; Asproulis, Nikolaos

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as "priests of creation" in addressing the current ecological crisis.

Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567699114
• Artikelnr.: 61915657

Autorenporträt

John Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, was previously Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at King's College London, UK. John Chryssavgis serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues, USA. Nikolaos Asproulis is deputy director at Volos Academy of Theological Studies, Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Archbishop Rowan Williams Introduction Toward an Ecological
Ethos: Theological Principles and Philosophical Presuppositions, John
Chryssavgis and Nikolaos Asproulis Chapter 1: The Eucharistic Vision of the
World Chapter 2: Preserving God's Creation: Historical and Theological
Perspectives Chapter 3: Creation Theology: Patristic Perspectives Chapter
4: Priests of Creation Chapter 5: Laudato Si': Ecumenical and Spiritual
Perspectives Chapter 6: The Book of Revelation and the Natural Environment
Chapter 7: Environment and Justice: A Theological Approach Chapter 8:
Ecological Asceticism: a Cultural Revolution Chapter 9: Orthodoxy and the
Ecological Crisis - A Theological Approach Chapter 10: Religion and Science
- An Ethical Approach Chapter 11: Religion, Science, and the Environment
Chapter 12: Ethics versus Ethos: An Orthodox Approach to the Relationship
between Ecology and Ethics Chapter 13: Towards an Environmental Ethic
Chapter 14: Proprietors or Priests of Creation? Chapter 15: Humanity and
Nature: Learning from the Indigenous Chapter 16: A Theological Approach to
the Ecological Problem Chapter 17: Human Beings and Animals: Monastic and
Artistic Perspectives Chapter 18: Communion and Communication Chapter 19:
St. Paul and the ecological problem Conclusion: From Here to Where
Bibliography Index