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[https://mospat.ru/en/news/57191/ The World As Sacrament] | The Theological and Spiritual Vision of Creation | [https://mospat.ru/en/news/57191/ The World As Sacrament] | The Theological and Spiritual Vision of Creation | ||
==Thomas Berry== | |||
[[wikipedia:Thomas_Berry|Thomas Berry]] | Wikipedia<br /> | |||
[https://thomasberry.org ThomasBerry.org]— [https://thomasberry.org/bibliography/ Bibliography] | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/34911/5/Otu_Idara_201211_ThM_thesis.pdf The Eco-theologies of Thomas Berry and John Zizioulas: Intimations for Ecological Justice]</span> | |||
The contemporary ecological crisis is the most inexhaustive anthropogenic catastrophe in human civilization yet, with its adverse waves sweeping across the globe, even to generations unborn. The earth crisis has prompted theological discourses from diverse faith traditions on the <mark>religious responsibility to preserve ecological integrity</mark>. This exigency to protect and care for creation is increasingly inevitable and religion has an indispensable responsibility in unison with societal institutions to foster a collaborative dialogue towards an authentic resolution. Within Christendom, there is a dire need for a continuous and mutual engagement of ecotheological paradigms, at the level of both orthodoxy and orthopraxis, for the enhancement of an ongoing renewal of Christian ecological responsibility. | |||
Accordingly, given the <mark>Christian responsibility of protecting and caring for creation as a common patrimony of all humanity</mark>, this thesis will compare and contrast the functional cosmology of Thomas Berry with the creation theology of John Zizioulas in order to draw seminal theological insights suitable for the ecological justice mission of the Church. This academic research will argue that amidst the vicissitudes of human induced ecological devastations, the ecotheological motifs of Berry and Zizioulas are significant in the ongoing search for renewing the theological dynamics of <mark>the Church’s mission for ecological justice</mark>. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''See'' — [[Ecotheology]]</span> | |||
==John Chryssavgis== | |||
[[wikipedia:John_Chryssavgis|John Chryssavgis]] | Wikipedia — Archdeacon to Ecumenical Patriarch<br /> | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_the_Shattered_Image/W9dWAAAACAAJ?hl=en ''Beyond the Shattered Image''] 1999</span> | |||
Presents the <mark>full ecological significance of the Orthodox Christian worldview</mark>. It explores the deepest sense and experience of the <mark>world as a sacrament</mark>. Evokes some of the most beautiful and powerful theological thinking, with imagery that suggests a richness beyond expression. | |||
— [https://www.light-n-life.com Light & Life Publishing] | |||
==Fr. Maximos (Vincent) Rossi== | |||
[https://orthochristian.com/148431.html Former Head of Christ the Savior Brotherhood, Vincent Rossi (Fr. Maximos), Reposes in the Lord] †Sep 23, 2022 | |||
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[https://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-01-066-b&readcode=&readtherest=true#therest Orthodox Ecology] | |||
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[https://jbburnett.com/resources/rossi_sacred-cosmos.pdf Sacred Cosmology in the Christian Tradition] | |||
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[https://www.orth-transfiguration.org/climate-change-desecrating-the-icon-of-creation/ Climate Change: Desecrating the Icon of Creation] | |||
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[https://pemptousia.com/2015/08/styrofoam-and-saint-isaac-the-syrian-toward-an-orthodox-environmental-ethic/ Styrofoam and Saint Isaac the Syrian: Toward an Orthodox Environmental Ethic] | |||
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[https://pemptousia.com/2016/09/to-liturgize-the-world/ To Liturgize the World] | |||
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[https://saintseraphim.com/sermon/entrance-of-the-theotokos-by-fr-maximos-rossi/ Entrance of the Theotokos] | |||
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[https://orthochristian.com/81599.html Clash of Paradigms: The Doctrine of Evolution in the Light of the Cosmological Vision of St. Maximos the Confessor] | |||
==Maximus the Confessor== | |||
[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Maximus_the_Confessor Maximus the Confessor] (580-662) | OrthodoxWiki | |||
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[https://readingsinphilokalia.com/2020/04/07/pain-dispassion-and-pleasure-st-maximos-the-confessor/ The Pleasure-Pain Syndrome, St Maximos the Confessor] | Readings in Philokalia<br> | |||
[https://www.holycrossyakima.org/orthodoxPdfs/ON%20PLEASURE%20AND%20PAIN%20St.%20Maximos.pdf St. Maximus the Confessor On Pleasure and Pain]<br> | |||
[https://orthochristian.com/96486.html Man in Creation: The Cosmology of St. Maximus the Confessor]<br> | |||
[https://pure.port.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/4982164/Maximus_SIBIR_2014_.pdf Man and the Universe in Patristic Thought]<br> | |||
[https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2765&context=faithandphilosophy The Place of God in Modern Cosmology] | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://www.omhksea.org/archives/3631 Why Jesus Had to be Virgin Born: Saint Maximus the Confessor Explains]</span> | |||
[T]he whole of <mark>modern life is governed by pleasure and pain</mark>, since, in our age, <mark>enjoyment and the gratification of the senses dominate</mark>, while at the same time deep grief, an inner pain, prevails. In reality, modern man tries to <mark>escape pain through the satisfaction of sensual pleasure</mark>. All contemporary problems, such as AIDS and drugs, are to be found in this connection. | |||
[https://www.amazon.com/Microcosm-Mediator-Theological-Anthropology-Confessor/dp/081269211X ''Microcosm and Mediator: The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor''] | Amazon<br> | |||
[https://www.amazon.com/Christocentric-Cosmology-Maximus-Confessor-Christian/dp/019923714X ''The Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor''] | Amazon | |||
[https://avowofconversation.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/the-human-person-as-priest-of-the-cosmos/ The human person as priest of the cosmos]<br> | |||
[https://science.jrank.org/pages/10213/Microcosm-Macrocosm-Greek-Christian-Theories.html Microcosm and Macrocosm: Greek Christian Theories] | |||
[https://pure.port.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/4982164/Maximus_SIBIR_2014_.pdf Man and the Universe in Patristic Thought] — the teaching of Maximus the Confessor and modern cosmology<br> | |||
[https://agape-biblia.org/literatura/The-Anthropic-Cosmology-of-St-Maximus-the-Confessor.pdf The Anthropic Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor] | |||
''See'' — [[Philosophy#English_Moral_Philosophy|English Moral Philosophy]] which turns upside down Traditional Christian (Orthodox) understanding of human nature, pleasure and pain as expounded by St. Maximus | |||
==Philip Sherrard== | |||
[[wikipedia:Philip_Sherrard|Philip Sherrard]] | Wikipedia — like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Pelikan Jaroslav Pelikan], Sherrard was a scholar who studied the Eastern Church, and converted to Orthodoxy not long before death | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/the-rape-of-man-and-nature The Rape of Man and Nature: An Enquiry into the Origins and Consequences of Modern Science]'' 1987</span> | |||
The growing threat of ecological disaster weighs heavily on people’s minds. In this book, first published [in 1991] nearly thirty years ago but still acutely relevant, Philip Sherrard traces the crisis back to what he believes is its true origin: the <mark>incremental replacement of a participatory and sacramental understanding of creation with the more detached scientific mentality that predominates today</mark>. Sherrard believes that <mark>by accepting this materialistic, mechanistic worldview we are contributing to our own dehumanization — with drastic consequences for the natural world</mark>. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://deniseharveypublisher.gr/books/the-sacred-in-life-and-art Sacred in Life and Art]'' 2004</span> | |||
We are becoming increasingly aware that the forms of our life and art — of our modern civilization generally — have over the last few centuries been characterized by the progressive loss of precisely that sense which gives virtually all other civilizations and cultures of the world their undying luster and significance: the <mark>sense of the sacred</mark>. In fact, the <mark>concept of a completely profane world — of a cosmos wholly desacralized — is a fairly recent invention of the western mind</mark>, and only now are we beginning to realize the <mark>appalling consequences</mark> of trying to order and mould our social, personal and creative life in obedience to its dictates. It is not even too much to say that we are also beginning to realize that <mark>unless we can re-instate the sense of the sacred at the heart of all our activities there can be no hope of avoiding the cosmic catastrophe for which we are heading</mark>. | |||
==Paulos Mar Gregorios== | |||
[[wikipedia:Paulos_Gregorios|Paulos Gregorios]] | Wikipedia — Gregory of India | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://paulosmargregorios.in/?p=4862 The Human Presence, Ecological Spirituality and the Age of Spirit]'' 1978</span> | |||
Metropolitan Gregorios ably summarises the profound thought of the Fourth Century Cappadocian Father [Gregory of Nyssa] emphasising the <mark>unity of all creation and the unity of all humanity</mark>. The <mark>mediatory and participatory role of humanity in relation to God and the world</mark> is stressed as the <mark>human vocation</mark> in time and space. He concludes the chapter by saying, "If all human activities and abilities, including the development of science and technology, were subordinated to and integrated with the quest for justice, freedom, peace, and creative goodness, the human rule over the creation could mean a blessing for the whole universe." The eastern tradition is further traced in the writings of Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://paulosmargregorios.in/?p=3952 Cosmic Man - The Divine Presence: The Theology of St. Gregory of Nyssa ca 330 to 395 A.D.]'' 1980</span> | |||
This book seeks to analyze the problem of human existence between its two poles, God and the Creation, in relation to the writings of one 4th century Christian thinker, Gregory of Nyssa, born around 330 A.D. and deceased around 395 A.D. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Light_Too_Bright/yZCH_GTduOYC?hl=en&gbpv=1 A Light Too Bright: The Enlightenment Today: An Assessment of the Values of the European Enlightenment and a Search for New Foundations for Human Civilization]'' 1992</span> | |||
Questioning the very legitimacy of <mark>Western liberalism and the modern secular civilization</mark> it has given rise to, Dr. Gregorios critically examines the values of the <mark>European Enlightenment</mark> of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the <mark>corporate drive of European peoples by which they have dominated the external world</mark>. He shows that <mark>both Capitalism and Marxism, as well as Modern Science and Technology are creations of the same spirit</mark>, he argues. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Neoplatonism_and_Indian_Philosophy/PMM_G3BD9MMC?hl=en&gbpv=1 Neoplatonism and Indian Philosophy]'' 2002</span> | |||
During the last two centuries a remarkable <mark>similarity between the philosophical system of Plotinus (205–270 A. D.) and those of various Hindu philosophers in various centuries</mark>, including some that lived prior to the Third Century A. D. has been discovered. This book addresses the possibility of any direct influence of Indian thought upon Plotinus and his teacher Ammonius Saccas (185–250 A. D.) or even upon their major source, Plato. Are Platonism and Plotinism, and the thought patterns in Western religion, literature, and art derived from them, to be considered as mere variations on themes found in ancient Hindu philosophy or are they pure evolutionary products of Greek philosophy? | |||
==Celtic Christianity== | ==Celtic Christianity== | ||