Kallistos Ware begins his discussion of human personhood by referring to David Jenkins, who was the Bishop of Durham at … Continue reading The Unity of the Human Person According to the Greek Fathers
In a short essay titled “A Theology of Personal Being,” John Macquarrie makes three assertions about what it means to … Continue reading A Theology of Personal Being
In Communion and Otherness, John Zizioulas expands and elaborates upon ideas that were presented in Being and Communion. What sets … Continue reading Communion and Otherness
When Being as Communion came out (especially in English) generated much discussion regarding the doctrine of the Trinity and the doctrine’s relationship … Continue reading Being and Communion
In The Call to Personhood Alistair McFadyen expresses concern about two unsatisfactory conceptions of individuality and personality, these two conceptions … Continue reading The Call to Personhood
Seven Theories of Human Nature is a general introduction to philosophical anthropology. Written by Leslie Stevenson, who was a Reader … Continue reading 7 Theories of Human Nature
Theosis, write Stephen Finlan and Valdimir Kharlamov, is closely related to a number of other doctrines including: soteriology, Christology, anthropology, … Continue reading Is Theosis a soteriological or anthropological doctrine?
Holding to non-Reductive physicalism has some benefits…. First, it takes seriously the dualist’s intuition—and the biblical data—that we cannot be … Continue reading Non-Reductive Physicalism – Some Problems (Part 1)
Yesterday I heard some heartbreaking news: P-47, a 3-year-old mountain lion has died in the Santa Monica Mountains after being infected … Continue reading Priests of Creation and a Dead Mountain Lion
In the last few blog posts I shared a bit about how to approach the “image of God” and some … Continue reading What is the “Image of God?”
