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Participation in Christ and Divine and Human Righteousness: Reading Paul with Gregory of Nyssa

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 166-192, April 2025.
Abstract Participation in Christ and divine and human righteousness are vital, yet perennially debated, Pauline motifs. Arguably, what is most distinctive and crucial about ‘righteousness’ in Paul's epistles is its christological re‐definition in texts such as 1 Cor 1:30.
Joshua Heavin
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Has anyone seen God? An Orthodox Perspective [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The Bible teaches us that no human has ever seen God the Father. Nonetheless, there are certain religious texts that imply that God has uncovered Himself to some.
Rev. Prof. Angelo Nicolaides
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Being and Becoming a Monk on Mount Athos: An Ontological Approach to Relational Monastic Personhood in the “Garden of the Virgin Mary” as a Rite of Passage

Open Theology, 2020
This paper brings together ethnography as practice research, and theology as experiential theory, towards an ontological interdisciplinary understanding of relational personhood on Mount Athos.
Paganopoulos Michelangelo
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Desire: A Theological Reappraisal

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 3-23, January 2025.
Abstract Desire and its cognates—longing, yearning—do a lot of hard work in modern theology, the work grounded in philosophical precedents going back at least as far as the early German Romantics. These precedents helped to inaugurate the twentieth century explorations of psychoanalysis.
Graham Ward
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The Spirit as Plural Person

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 94-125, January 2025.
Abstract According to plural person theory, a group of close friends can act together not just distributively, as separate individuals all at once, but also corporately, as a nonmetaphorical plural person supervening on the friends. This article proposes that the Spirit is a plural person in precisely this sense.
Olivia Bustion
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Resonant preaching, sounding theosis: An exploration of liturgical homiletics

Verbum et Ecclesia
Hartmut Rosa invites us to dream of resonant relations of all to the world. This paper will endeavour to envision what resonant relations would mean in the theological register of deification: God and the whole cosmos resonating with one another.
Dieter de Bruin
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«Christus in fide adest». Cristo presente en el creyente o la teología de la deificación en Lutero [PDF]

, 2017
1. EL REDESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA TEOLOGÍA DE LUTERO SOBRE LA THEOSIS. a. La óptica de la escuela finesa. b. La crítica de la escuela finesa a la interpretación anterior. 2. LA TRADICIÓN DE LA THEOSIS Y LA DOCTRINA LUTERANA. a. La tradición mística alemana. b.
Urbano López de Meneses, P. (Pablo)
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On the Homoousia

International Review of Mission, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 261-279, November 2024.
Abstract The affirmation of the co‐equality (homoousia) of the first and the second persons of the Trinity at the Council of Nicaea is a major milestone in the history of theology and the church. Established at a time when the Roman empire developed its Christian identity, it has often been assumed that Nicene theology was imperial theology.
Joerg Rieger
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The Spirituality of the Nicene Creed and Its Missionary Implications in the Parish Community

International Review of Mission, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 324-340, November 2024.
Abstract This article explores the missionary implications of the Nicene Creed in Orthodox parishes, focusing on trinitarian theology, incarnation, and decolonizing mission. Through the lens of the Nicene Creed, the article highlights how Orthodox parishes reflect trinitarian communion and engage in eucharistic mission to transform society. The article
Cristian Sonea
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Augustine on theosis and divine illumination as the theologic framework for decolonisation

Verbum et Ecclesia
This study examined the plausibility and role of theosis in Augustine’s theory of divine illumination as a theologic framework for decolonising theology. Theologic refers to God’s revelation about himself and his nature. Therefore, through an analysis of
Godfrey T. Baleng
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