Title: Windows to Orthodoxy Author: Dr Guy Freeland Publisher: St Andrew’s Orthodox Press (Sydney) Year of Publication: 2013 ISBN: 9780977597475 For quite a number of years, Dr Guy Freeland has been dedicated to the promotion of Orthodox theological discourse and learning within Australia, specifically in areas of liturgics and liturgical expression. And as part of this vocation of love, he has …
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Gregory Palamas. The Triads. Translated by Nicholas Gendle. London: SPCK, 1983. 172pp. Palamas’s treatise the Triads in Defence of the Holy Hesychasts is presented in this translation under six headings: Philosophy does not save; Apophatic theology as positive experience; The Hesychast method of prayer, and the transformation of the body; Deification in Christ; The uncreated glory; and Essence and energies …
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FACTS IN BRIEF Title: God’s Power within You: Attitudes for Living Author: Dr. Peter M. Kalellis, PhD. Publisher: Paulist Press (New York/Mahwah NJ: 2010) ISBN Number: 9780809146550 Pages: 100 REVIEW The Roman Catholic publishing house “Paulist Press”, has usually been quite adept at selecting and publishing good quality works of theology, Christian spirituality and pastoral ministry. This particular work under …
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Author: Vladimir Moss Publisher: St Nectarios Press, Seattle: Washington (1992). A rather interesting three volume collection of hagiographical accounts of saints which due to their era have often been forgotten, overlooked or not widely known. There is more literature available about the evangelists and early saints of England, as well as the ecclesial circumstances of their time. Yet as the …
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Review: Let Us Attend – A Journey through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy Author: Fr. Lawrence Farley Publisher: Conciliar Press Ministries, April 25, 2007 It is quite often difficult to locate in English, books that give a good introduction and basic outline of the Divine Liturgy for catechumens and those attending church for the first time. Let Us Attend is one such …
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Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis Author: Fr Patrick H. Reardon Publisher: Conciliar Press (2008) The intention of this particular book is not to serve as a purely exegetical work on Scripture in the traditional sense, but to serve as an accompaniment to the Scriptures. It does not aim to spoon feed the reader, but rather to help …
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St Basil the Great, On Social Justice, Translated by: C. Paul Schroeder (New York: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2009), 9-111. This book is another fine example of the success of SVS Press’ series of patristic writings in providing an accessible translation to a wider audience, rather than specifically catering to the needs of theological scholars and students. Even the choices …
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A.V. Nesteruk, The universe as communion: Towards a neo-patristic synthesis of theology and science. T&T Clark, The Continuum International Publishing Group, United Kingdom; 2008, p. 304. This monograph by Alexei Nesteruk, a senior lecturer in mathematics at the University of Portsmouth and a deacon in the Russian Orthodox Church, represents a distinctive approach to the science–religion debate. He describes the aim of …
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In the above work, the term ‘mystical theology’ denotes no more than a spirituality which expresses a doctrinal attitude (p 1). Lossky begins his essay with the following statement: ‘In a certain sense all theology is mystical, inasmuch as it shows forth the divine mystery: the data of revelation’ (p 7). On the one hand mysticism is itself opposed to …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.