Thinking modernity
Subtitle: towards a reconfiguration of the relationship between orthodox theology and modern culture
By: edited by Assaad E. Kattan, Fadi A. Georgi
Contributors: Dayr Sayyidat al-Balmand (Lebanon); Jāmi' al-Balamand
Edition: 1 ed.
Series: Balamand theological conferences -- 1; Balamand theological conferences -- 1.
Publisher: St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand; Westphlian Wilhelm's University Center for Religions Studies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Balamand; Münster
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9789953452319
Subjects: Congresses; Theology
Notes: Papers from a conference held Dec. 3-5, 2007, at the monastery of Our Lady of Balamund, Lebanon.

Includes bibliographical references.

Papers in English and French.
Table of contents: title: Do we meet modernity with out-of-date questions? : some hermeneutical reflections / Merja Merras; title: Returning to first principles : articulating orthodox theology in a postmodern context / John Behr; title: De la création théo-logique à la création artistique : prolégomènes au dialogue entre théologie et littérature moderne / Pantelis Kalaitzidis; title: La tradition liturgique byzantine et la modernité / Job Getcha; title: Hermeneutics of the human body according to hesychast anthropology / Sergey Horujy; title: Cosmic priesthood and the human animal : speaking of man and the natural world in a scientific age / Elizabeth Theokritoff; title: An orphan or a bride? : human self, collective identities and and conversion : an orthodox approach / Athanasios Papathanasiou; title: The aesthetics of sophiology / Marcus Plestad; title: The Byzantine icon : a bridge between theology and modern culture? / Assaad Elias Kattan; title: The Holy Spirit in the life of the world : the tension of the particular with the universal / Emmanuel Clapsis; title: Culture of love and hermeneutics of truth : the relevance of an ecumenical anthropology for a pluralistic society / Daniel Munteanu; title: Le dialogue des religions comme apport de la modernité : approche antiochienne / Georges Massouh; title: Avis oecuménique / Gaby Hachem.