L'origine de la controverse Palamite
Title | L'origine de la controverse Palamite PDF eBook |
Author | John Meyendorff |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | |
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Gregory Palamas and the Making of Palamism in the Modern Age
Title | Gregory Palamas and the Making of Palamism in the Modern Age PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Russell |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 2019-03-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0192565486 |
The fourteenth-century Greek hesychast and controversialist, Gregory Palamas, has been so successfully cast as 'the other' in Western theological discourse that it can be difficult to gain a sympathetic hearing for him. In the first part of this book, Norman Russell traces the historical reception of Palamite thought in Orthodoxy and in the West, and investigates how 'Palamism' was constructed in the early twentieth century by both Western and Eastern theologians (principally Martin Jugie and John Meyendorff) for polemical or apologetic purposes. Russell argues that we need to go behind these ideological constructions in order to gain a true perception of the teaching of Gregory Palamas. In his recent survey of Palamite scholarship, Robert Sinkewicz noted that it is now time to raise the larger questions. The second part of the book attempts to do this, following the contours of Palamas' thinking in three areas: his relationship to tradition, his philosophy, and his theology. Russell shows that Palamite thought, when freed of misunderstanding and misrepresentation, has the potential to enrich our understanding of divine-human communion. This study contributes to the changing paradigm of scholarship on Palamas, nudging it towards the point at which Palamite thought can be used fruitfully by contemporary Western and Eastern theologians without the need to subscribe to what has been regarded as 'Palamism'.
Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy
Title | Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Henrik Lagerlund |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 1448 |
Release | 2010-12-07 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 140209728X |
This is the first reference ever devoted to medieval philosophy. It covers all areas of the field from 500-1500 including philosophers, philosophies, key terms and concepts. It also provides analyses of particular theories plus cultural and social contexts.
The One Hundred and Fifty Chapters
Title | The One Hundred and Fifty Chapters PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Gregory Palamas |
Publisher | PIMS |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780888440839 |
Byzantine Philosophy and Its Ancient Sources
Title | Byzantine Philosophy and Its Ancient Sources PDF eBook |
Author | Katerina Ierodiakonou |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199269718 |
Byzantine philosophy is an almost unexplored field. Being regarded either as mere scholars or as primarily religious thinkers, Byzantine philosophers, for the most part, have not been studied on their own philosophical merit, and their works have hardly been scrutinized as works of philosophy.Thus, although distinguished scholars in the past have tried to reconstruct the intellectual life of the Byzantine period, there is no question that we still lack even the beginnings of a systematic understanding of the philosophy of the Byzantines.Byzantine Philosophy and its Ancient Sources is conceived as a concerted attempt in this direction. It examines the attitude the Byzantines took towards the ancient philosophical tradition and the specific ancient sources which they relied upon to form their theories. But did the Byzantines merelycopy ancient philosophers or interpret them the way they already had been interpreted in late antiquity? Does Byzantine philosophy as a whole lack a distinctive character which differentiates it from the previous periods in the history of philosophy?Eleven scholars, representing different disciplines from philosophy and history to classics and medieval studies, approach these questions by thoroughly investigating particular topics which give us some insight as to the directions in which we should look for possible answers. These topics range,in modern terms, from philosophy of language, theory of knowledge, and logic, to political philosophy, ethics, natural philosophy, and metaphysics. The philosophers whose works our contributors study belong to all periods from the beginnings of Byzantine culture in the fourth century to the demiseof the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century.
History of the Church: From the High Middle Ages to the eve of the Reformation
Title | History of the Church: From the High Middle Ages to the eve of the Reformation PDF eBook |
Author | Hubert Jedin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 862 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Church history |
ISBN |
Hesychasm and Art
Title | Hesychasm and Art PDF eBook |
Author | Anita Strezova |
Publisher | ANU Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1925021858 |
“Although many of the iconographic traditions in Byzantine art formed in the early centuries of Christianity, they were not petrified within a time warp. Subtle changes and refinements in Byzantine theology did find reflection in changes to the iconographic and stylistic conventions of Byzantine art. This is a brilliant and innovative book in which Dr Anita Strezova argues that a religious movement called Hesychasm, especially as espoused by the great Athonite monk St Gregory Palamas, had a profound impact on the iconography and style of Byzantine art, including that of the Slav diaspora, of the late Byzantine period. While many have been attracted to speculate on such a connection, none until now has embarked on proving such a nexus. The main stumbling blocks have included the need for a comprehensive knowledge of Byzantine theology; a training in art history, especially iconological, semiotic and formalist methodologies; extensive fieldwork in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and Russia, and a working knowledge of Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Latin as well as several modern European languages, French, German, Russian and Italian. These are some of the skills which Dr Strezova has brought to her topic.” Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA Adjunct Professor of Art History School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics The Australian National University