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“Hypostatic communion” or “Sanctification through the energies”: the polemic of metropolitan John Zizioulas with V. N. Lossky and the “neopalamites” around the concept of deification [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
The article analyzes the critical remarks of Metropolitan John Zizioulas regarding the theological concept of V.N. Lossky, related to the doctrine of human deification. Metropolitan John Zizioulas considered V.N.
Ivan Ulitchev
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The “God-Man Living”: Deification in Practical Theology

Religions
The doctrine of deification (or theosis) has seen renewed interest in recent decades within lines of inquiry that extend beyond its traditional association with the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The ascendancy of Tuomo Mannermaa’s Finnish interpretation of
Michael M. C. Reardon, Brian Siu Kit Chiu   +1 more
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Pastoral Theological Reflections on Deification from a Lutheran Perspective

Religions
In this article, I explore deification in light of the practice of pastoral ministry in Lutheran settings, engaging the biblical witness and key features of the Lutheran theological tradition as sources for understanding deification from a Lutheran ...
Jonathan Linman
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Pneumasis/pneumafication Based on Romans 8:1–17: Highlighting the Spirit’s Role in Deification

Religions, 2023
In view of the two key themes found in Romans: pneumatology and deification, some pressing questions can be asked. One of these is, what is the role of the Holy Spirit in deification?
Jacob Chengwei Feng
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Hildegard of Bingen’s symphony of deification and mystical union

A&H
In this article the topic of research will be Hildegard's engagement with the tradition of deification (divinisation), also known as the “mystical tradition”.
Paniel Reyes Cárdenas
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Holy Desire or Wholly Hubris? Deification in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Religions
The theology of deification in the Christian tradition is fraught with misconceptions. Although it embodies the core teaching of the faith, it is not only a neglected theme of theology, but often critiqued as a Promethean distortion of the gospel and/or ...
Sigurd Lefsrud
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The Pilgrim’s Progress or Regress? The Case of Transhumanism and Deification

Religions
Transhumanism presents a view of human progress by transcending the human, regarding finitude and suffering to be fundamental problems that must be overcome by radical bioenhancement technologies.
Kimbell Kornu
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Theosis and Martyria—The Spiritual Process of Deification and Its Implication for the Mission of the Church

Religions, 2022
This article analyses the role of the spiritual path of theosis in the mission of the Eastern Orthodox church. It evaluates the main directions in which the church could have a fundamental role in the world, such as peace, human dignity or the ecological
Cristian Sebastian Sonea
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Is there an Orthodox anthropology? [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2022
The critical article states and briefly analyses the main problems related to Orthodox anthropology (a small section is devoted to particular points of anthropology in Eastern religions).
Dunaev Alexey
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Self-Deification and Mammon: A Weberian Theological Insight into Church Decline Trends in Protestant South Korea and the Occident [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2019
In this work, Max Weber’s social analysis is employed to demonstrate that human self-deification is the cardinal reason for church decline. Weber’s social analytical tool unearths the various sources of human self-deification in the church ...
Charles Amarkwei
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