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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Preaching the Politics of Pascha
Since November 8th, contributors to Public Orthodoxy have advanced various responses to the unexpected victory of Donald J. Trump. Fr John Jillions proposes that the Church needs to practice a politics of communion, which includes charitable works, prophetic political witness, and renewed … Continue reading
Posted in Preaching
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“Nothing can bind or impede the soul that senses God”
All who were called by the Lord obeyed his summons at once, provided love of earthly things did not weigh them down. For worldly ties are a weight upon the mind and understanding, and for those bound by them it … Continue reading
“Nothing is contributed if the church merely echoes the current buzz-words”
Preachers ought not, I think, constantly to be preaching on political topics. As a student at an American University during the troubled Presidency of Richard Nixon, I recall a University chaplain who repeatedly made use of the pulpit for personal … Continue reading
Those Darn Greeks: Metaphysics and the Hellenization of the Gospel
Readers of Eclectic Orthodoxy have no doubt observed that over the past six months I have been preoccupied with questions that might be called philosophical, even metaphysical (yikes!). Why this interest? Blame it on the writings of David Bentley Hart, … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
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Repentance and Salvation: Transcending the Pharisee Within
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matt 16:25)—here is the heart of Orthodox ethics, Christos Yannaras passionately avers. This may come as a surprise to many. … Continue reading
Posted in Zizioulas & Yannaras
Tagged asceticism, Christos Yannaras, Eastern Orthodoxy, ethics, repentance
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