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CourseSyllabusTRP2172–TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTradition
TrinityCollegeTorontoSchoolofTheology
SeptembertoDecember(Fall)2016
InstructorInformation
Instructor: RevFrTheodoreParaskevopoulosOfficeLocation: LarkinBuilding,Office317Telephone: (647)278.0058Email: [email protected]: FrTheodoreisavailableonWednesdaysfrom6pm-7pminLarkin317orvia
emailanytime.
CourseIdentification
CourseNumber: TRP2172CourseName: TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTraditionCourseLocation: LarkinBuilding,Room340(andonlinesection)ClassTimes: Wednesdays7pmto10pmPrerequisites: None
CourseDescription
PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.
ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecourse
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willalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.Studentswillbeevaluatedontheirclassparticipation,ashortpaper(8-10pages)andafinalpaper(15-20pages).
Fortheonlinesection,classroomlecturesandseminarswillberecordedandmadeavailabletoviewonthecourseportal.Participationwillbeviaonlinediscussionforums.
ExpandedCourseDescription
PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.
TheOrthodoxChristianunderstandingofthehumanpersonstemsprimarilyfromDivineRevelation.IntheologicaltermsthequestionofGodandhumanityaretwoequations.Thefirstisapreconditionfortheother,andtheotherstemsfromthefirst.Thehumanpersonisacreaturethatemergesthroughrelationships,existingandeventuallyreachingitsfullnessindynamicrelationshipwithGodandallcreation.
PracticalOrthodoxChristiantheologicalanthropologyobservesthehumanpersonasacentralbeinginallcreation.Itsimportancestemsfromthefactthatallthingsexistthroughthehumanbeingandinthehumanbeingallcreationaccomplishesitsownsalvation.ThisaccomplishmentisactualizedthroughpersonalfreeunionwiththeuncreatedGod,inChrist.TospeakaboutthehumanpersoninChristianitymeanstospeaknotaboutthehumanbeingitself,independentofGod,theChurchandtheworld,butahumanwhoinfactisapersonthroughwhomtheessentialbondbetweencreationandGodismadepossible.Thesalvationoftheworldthroughthehumanpersonisdiscernedasaservice–liturgy–inwhichthehumanbeingisrealizedasatruepersonthatstrivestobecomeaneternalandunrepeatablebeingincommunionwithGodandtheworldinChrist.Inanyothercontext,thehumanbeingceasestobeaperson,theimageofGodinthegivenworld.ItisinthisfactthatwefindthefundamentaldifferencebetweenOrthodoxChristiananthropologyandmanyotheranthropologiesthatexist.
ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecoursewillalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.
CourseResources
RequiredCourseReadings
Asetofreadingswillbemadeavailableonthecourseportaldrawingonselectionsfromthefollowingworks.
St.Athanasius.OntheIncarnation.TranslatedbyJohnBehr.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.
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St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.
Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.
Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.
Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.
Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.
Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.
Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.
EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.
EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.
Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.
Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.
Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.
St.GregoryofNyssa.FromGlorytoGlory.IntroductionandselectionfromJeanDaniélou.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2001.
St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.
Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.
Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.
St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.
St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.
St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.
Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.
Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.
St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.
St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.
Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.
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McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.
McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.
McKenny,Gerald.“BiotechnologyandtheNormativeSignificanceofHumanNature:AContributionfromTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(1),pp.18-36.
Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.
Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.
Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.
Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.
St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.
St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.
Thunberg,Lars.ManandtheCosmos:TheVisionofSt.MaximustheConfessor.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminary,1985.
Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.
Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.
Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.
Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.
RecommendedBooks
Behr,John.BecomingHuman.Crestwood:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.
Behr,John.“TheRationalAnimal:ARereadingofGregoryofNyssa’sDehominisopificio.”JournalofEarlyChristianStudies,Vol.7,Number2,1999.pp.219-247.
Bulgakov,Sergius.TheBrideoftheLamb.TranslatedbyBorisJakim.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2002.
Bulgakov,Sergius.UnfadingLight:ContemplationsandSpeculations.TranslatedbyThomasAllanSmith.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2012.
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Cadenhead,Raphael.“CorporealityandAskesis:EthicsandBodilyPracticeinGregoryofNyssa’sTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(3),281-299.
Clément,Olivier.OnHumanBeing:ASpiritualAnthropology.London:NewCity,2000.
Ellverson,Anna-Stina.TheDualNatureofMan:AStudyintheTheologicalAnthropologyofGregoryofNazianzus.Stockholm:Uppsala,1981.
St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheMakingofManinNiceneandPost-NiceneFathers,vol.5.EditedbyPhilipSchaffandHenryWace.Peabody:HendricksonPublishing,1999.
St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.
Lewis,C.S.TheAbolitionofMan.NewYork:HarperCollins,2001.
Loudovikos,Nikolaos.AEucharisticOntology:MaximustheConfessor’sEschatologicalOntologyofBeingasDialogicalReciprocity.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2010.
Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.
Niebuhr,Reinhold.MoralManandImmoralSociety.Westminister:JohnKnoxPress,2011.
Nietzsche,Friedrich.TheJoyfulWisdom,inExploringthePhilosophyofReligion,7thed.DavidStewart,ed.,UpperSaddleRiver,N.J.:PrenticeHall,2010.
Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.
Turcescu,Lucian.“’Person’versus‘Individual’,andotherModernmisreadingsofGregoryofNyssa”,ModernTheology,18:4,October2002,pp.527-539.
VonBalthasar,HansUrs.CosmicLiturgy:TheUniverseAccordingtoMaximustheConfessor.SanFrancisco:Communion-Ignatius,2003.
VonBalthasar,HansUrs.PresenceandThought:AnEssayontheReligiousPhilosophyofGregoryofNyssa.SanFrancisco:Communio-Ignatius,1995.
Ware,BishopKallistos.TheInnerKingdom.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2000.
Yannaras,Christos.PersonandEros.TranslatedbyNormanRussell.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2007.
Zizioulas,JohnD.TheOneandtheMany:StudiesonGod,Man,theChurchandtheWorldToday.EditedbyFr.GregoryEdwards.Alhambra:SebastianPress,2010.
CoursePortal
ThiscoursewillmakeextensiveuseoftheUniversityofToronto’sLearningPortalalsoknownas‘Blackboard’.
Toaccesstheportal,gototheUofTportalloginpageathttps://portal.utoronto.caandloginusingyourUTORidandpassword.OnceyouhaveloggedintotheportalusingyourUTORidandpassword,lookfortheMyCoursesmodule,whereyou’llfindthelinktothewebsiteforallyourBlackboard-basedcourses.
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(YourcourseregistrationwithROSIgivesyouaccesstothecoursewebsiteatBlackboard.)Notealsotheinformationathttp://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/information-students.
Pleaseensurethatyouarefamiliarwithhowtoaccessthesystemandnavigatethroughit.Theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:
• Keepinganupdatedversionofthecoursesyllabusandcalendar• Providingcoursereadings,bibliographiesandotherhandouts• Sharingadditionalonlineresources• Communicatingclassnoticesandupdates• Issuingassignmentguidelinesanddeadlines• Acceptingassignmentsubmissions• Providingfeedbackandgradesforallassignmentsandothercourserequirements
Inaddition,fortheonlinesection,theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:
• Deliveringweeklycourselecturesandseminars(availablealsoforclassroom-basedstudentsforreview)
• Enablingstudentparticipationandinteractionintheblogs,discussionforumsandotheronlinecommunications(seecourserequirementsandevaluationbelow)
AuditorswhodonothaveaUTORidshouldspeaktotheinstructortoreceiveguestaccesstothecourseportal.
Asintheclassroom,onlinecommunicationmustbecarriedoutrespectfullyandcivillyatalltimes.Writingwithintheonlinemediaofblogs,discussionforumsisnotanexcuseforlaziness,lackofproperreflectionoruncivility.Argumentsmustbecarefullycrafted,respectfullypresentedandgroundedinsourcetextsandsolidreflection.Studentswhofailtoadheretotheseguidelineswillnotsucceedinthiscourse.
CourseLearningObjectives
Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:
• IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsinappliedOrthodoxanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry
• Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera
• Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues
ProgrammeOutcomes
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Onlinesectioncourseelements:pleasenotethatthelecturesandseminardiscussionswillberecordedandviewableinthecourseportalandfollowedbyonlinediscussion.
CourseOutcomes:KnowledgeoftheAreaofConcentration
CourseElements
ProgrammeOutcomes
Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:
Thisoutcomewillbeachievedthroughthesecourseelements:
ThiscourseoutcomecorrespondstotheseaspectsoftheBasicDegreeLearningOutcomes
IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsofOrthodoxanthropologyanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Shortpaper
Finalpaper
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Capacityforministry
Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Shortpaper
Finalpaper
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Capacityforministry
Personalandspiritualformation
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Evaluation
Requirements–ClassroomSection
Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:
1. ClassParticipation:regularattendanceandvigorousparticipationinweeklydiscussion,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%
2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)
3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)
Requirements–OnlineSection
Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:
1. ClassParticipation:Regularandvigorousparticipationinweeklyonlinediscussionforums,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%
2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)
3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)
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GradingSystem
PolicyonLateAssignments
Theinstructorreservestherighttodeductupto2.5%ofthefinalassignmentgradeforeachweekthatanassignmentislate.Studentsaregenerallygranteda‘graceweek’providedtheinstructorisinformedofanyspecialcircumstancesbeforetheassignmentdeadline.
Thispenaltyisnotappliedtostudentswithmedicalorcompassionatedifficulties;studentsfacingsuchdifficultiesarekindlyrequestedtoconsultwiththeirfacultyadvisororbasicdegreedirector,whoshouldmakearecommendationonthemattertotheinstructor.Theabsolutedeadlineforthecourseistheexaminationdayscheduledforthecourse.Studentswhoforexceptionalreasons(forinstance,adeathinthefamilyoraseriousillness)areunabletocompleteworkbythisdatemayrequestanextension(SDF=‘standingdeferred’)beyondtheterm.AnSDFmustberequestedfromtheregistrar’sofficeinthestudent’scollegeofregistrationnolaterthanthelastdayofclassesinwhichthecourseistaken.TheSDF,whenapproved,willhaveamutuallyagreedupondeadlinethatdoesnotextendbeyondtheconclusionofthefollowingterm.IfastudenthasnotcompletedworkbuthasnotbeengrantedanSDF,afinalmarkwillbesubmittedcalculatingazeroforworknotsubmitted.
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CourseGrades
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Policies
Accessibility.Studentswithadisabilityorhealthconsiderationareentitledtoaccommodation.StudentsmustregisterattheUniversityofToronto’sAccessibilityServicesoffices;informationisavailableathttp://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/.Thesoonerastudentseeksaccommodation,thequickerwecanassist.
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CourseSchedule
CLASSTOPICSANDBIBLIOGRAPHY
Week1 Introduction–PhilosophyandTheology:Personhoodinthe1stCenturyA.D.
Reading(inclass):
• Introductionsoffacultyandstaff• Introductiontoterminology:Greekphilosophyvs.divinerevelation• PersonhoodintheBible:Gen.1:26-27,Lev.11:44-45,19:2,1Cor.11:17,15:45-50,2Cor.2:18,
Col.1:15,3:1-3,Heb.1:3,John1:1-13,10:21-22,30,17:3,17:11,Eph.4:22-24,5:1-2,Rom12:2• Philosophy:etymology,metaphysics,mindvs.nous,materialvs.immaterial,hedonismand
eudaemonism(escapism),realityvs.illusion(Plato)• Theology:Godasperson,Godaslove,soulandbody(hypostasis),positivenatureofmatter,
creationexnihilo,purificationandillumination,reasonvs.experience,personhoodas“becoming”
Week2 TheTheologyofthe“Anthropos”AccordingtheApostolicFathers
Reading:
• St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.Pages11-23,29-41,67-75
• Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.Pages528-555
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• IntroductiontoSt.IgnatiusofAntioch• IgnatiustotheEphesians• IgnatiustotheRomans• LettertoDiognetus(Early4thCChristianapology)
Week3 TheTheologyofPersonAccordingtotheEarlyFathers
Reading:
• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages68-81
• St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.Pages39-50,59-65
• St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.Pages31-64
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• St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.Page112-118,273-274
GuidedDiscussion
• St.IrenaeusofLyons:ProofoftheApostolicPreaching• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse1:AccordingtotheImage• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse2:OntheHumanBeing• St.GregoryofNyssa:RestoringGod’sImage• St.GregoryofNyssa:TheNewCreation
Week4 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtotheEarlyMonasticTradition
Reading:
• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages86-110
• Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.Pages68-71
• Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.Pages213-233
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• TheAsceticismofthePerson• St.AnthonytheGreat:ManasMind,SoulandBody• Self-RenunciationandtheRecoveryofParadise
Week5 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.MaximustheConfessorandSt.JohnofDamascus
Reading:
• St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.Pages13-16,29-43,97-98,131-143
• St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.Pages61,93,96,97,165
• St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages7-14,70-77,82-88
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• IntroductiontoSt.MaximustheConfessor(OptionalReading)• AdThalassium1:MaximusonthePassionsandHumanNature• AdThalassium61:OntheLegacyofAdam’sTransgression• Maximus’TwoHundredChaptersonTheology:SelectedExcerpts• IntroductiontoSt.JohnofDamascus(OptionalReading)
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• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseII(selectedexcerpts)• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseIII(selectedexcerpts)
Week6 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.GregoryPalamasandSt.SymeontheNewTheologian
Reading:
• St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.Pages1-5,25-30(optional),57-69,
• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages7-13,147-156
• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages67-73,165-172
• Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.Pages43-49,195-197,203-204,215-222
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• St.GregoryPalamas:IntrotoThemes• PhilosophyDoesNotSave(fromoptionalreading)• St.GregoryPalamas:DeificationinChrist• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:IntrotoThemes• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:BeingOnewithGod• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:OntheOldmanvs.theNewMan• AlexanderGolitzin(Commentary):OntheImageofGodinMan• NicholasCabasilas:TheLifeinChrist• NicholasCabasilas:Self-Surrender
~ReadingWeek–chooseresearchpapertopic/preparearoughproposal~\
Week7 PersonhoodAccordingtoModernOrthodoxTheologians:Zizioulas,Yannaras
Reading:
• Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.Pages27-65
• Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.Pages213-236,237-247
• Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages13-24
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodandBeing
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• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodasEkstasisandHypostasisofBeing• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodintheLightofChristology&Pneumatology• ChristosYannaras:TheMasksofMoralityandtheEthosofthePerson
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Week8 ModernTheologiansContinued:MantzaridisandNellas
Reading:
• Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages15-33,127-129
• Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.Pages44-53,121-139
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Man’sDeification• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Conclusions• PanayiotisNellas:The“GarmentsofSkin”–GeneralAnthropologicalContent• PanayiotisNellas:TheChristificationofMan’sBeing
Week9 PersonhoodAccordingtoFreudandHeidegger
Reading:
• McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.Pages1-10
• Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.Pages122-128(OPTIONALREADING)
• McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.Pages1-5
• Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.(Selections)(OPTIONALREADING)
• Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.Pages1-13
• Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.Pages15-22(OPTIONALREADING)
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• SigmundFreud:BasicTeachings• CarlJung:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:ChristianMetaphysics
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Week10 PersonhoodAccordingtoSartreandNietzsche
Reading:
• Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.Pages1-19
• Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.Pages9-10,12-13,100-103
• Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.(Selections)–OPTIONALREADING
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.Pages1-8
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.Pages617-628
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.Pages60-83
• Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.Pages1-28–OPTIONALREADING
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• Nietzsche’sMoralPhilosophy• NietzscheonNihilismandReligion• Sartre:BasicThought• Sartre:ExistentialismasOntology• Sartre:WantingtobeGod,ExistentialPsychoanalysis
Week11 PersonhoodinBioethicalIssues:Fr.JohnBreckandTristramH.EngelhardtJr.
Reading:
• Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.Pages55-80,
• Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages22-24,28-31,35-61
• EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.Pages309-313,327-337
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• Breck:Sexuality&Gender• Breck:BeginningofLife&Cloning• Breck:Abortion• Engelhardt:EndofLife,Suicide,Euthanasia
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Week12 ThePersonandtheEnvironment,EcumenicalDialogue,BringingitAllTogether:CCC,EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewIandFr.JohnBehr
Reading:
• EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.Pages123-129
• CanadianCouncilofChurches:FaithandWitnessCommission.BecomingHuman:OnTheologicalAnthropologyinanAgeofEngineeringLife.Toronto:CanadianCouncilofChurches,2005.
• Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.Pages173-181
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• PatriarchBartholomew:OrthodoxyandtheEnvironment• CCC:EcumenicalConsensusonHumanAnthropology• Behr:APremodernFaithforaPostmodernEra
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