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The Experience of God : Orthodox Dogmatic Theology Volume 2: The World, Creation and Deification
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Average Rating:  out of 1 Reviews
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Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
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EAN (European Article Number): 9781885652416
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dumitru Staniloae
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Publisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
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Publication Date: 2000-12-20
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Reading Level: 225
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Description: Fr. Dumitru Staniloae provided a broad basis for pursuing an intellectual dialogue with modern society, especially in the area of the humanities, and armed with such a perspective, he went beyond a mere cultural or sociological understanding of Orthodoxy. Because each generation - and not just that of St. Maximus the Confessor - has its own Ambigua, the theological heritage too must submit to the hermeneutic of renewal and development, which in turn leads to a new form of transmission - Tradition. For Fr. Staniloae, this exegetical openness of the Tradition is the genius of Orthodoxy. Fr. Staniloae was convinced that any theological development of the theme of the World represents in fact a new discovery of the active presence of God in human history and cosmic creation. Theological reflection leads to the experience of God, and vice-versa. Theology is a witness to the presence of God, and it implies a moral and spiritual responsibility.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: "For God so loved the world..." |
Date: 2001-07-29 |
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Details: Ever since the publication of the first volume to be translated into English of Dumitru Staniloae's great work, The Experience of God: Revelation and Knowledge of the Triune God, I have been impatiently waiting for the arrival of the second volume, on The World, Creation and Deification. Was it worth the wait? Yes, it truly was, and is, and I hope I can tone down my enthusiasm enough to make this review believable to all those who might distrust a gushing review. Staniloae is a kind of theological genius, and I don't mean of the impossible to understand variety, but of the amazing insight after amazing insight variety! (See my review of volume one.) This time Staniloae turns his brilliant contemplative vision toward the created world and gives us a wonderful picture of the way God's glorious creation must be understood, valued and cared for, not just by Christians (although God knows many of us who honor that Name need to be closer to creation than we are) but by anyone who intuits that a great mystery of Love lies shimmering and shining behind everything that exists. Staniloae examines, respectively, creation-the visible world, the world as gift and word (a marvelous chapter on the quality of gift and inner word (logos) hidden in all created things), the creation of humanity, the unseen world of angels and demons, the fall (one of the finest and most enlightening reflections on the doctrine of the fall of man I have ever read), and on Divine providence and the deification of the world. He shows us, as few Christian theological writers of the present day can do, how “salvation and deification undoubtedly have humanity directly as their aim but not a humanity separated from nature, rather one that is ontologically united with it.” (The passages in quotation are from page one). Reading this book leads one to the insight, so needed today, especially in religion, that “nature both depends upon man and makes him whole, and man cannot reach perfection if he does not reflect nature and is not at work upon it.” Staniloae in this book shows us unmistakably that in the much beloved passage from John 3:16, beginning “For God so loved the world (Greek: cosmos), “world” must be understood as including all creatures, all creation, not humanity alone. A truly inspiring book that is itself a spiritual gift to anyone who reads it. Highest recommendation |
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