On Human Being: A Spiritual Anthropology

by Olivier Clement (Editor), George Maloney

Overview

Rooted in the experience of the early Christian centuries, the author of the widely-acclaimed Roots of Christian Mysticism thinks about human nature, its challenges, problems, joys and fulfillment. Clement begins by exploring a response to the dysfunctional aspects of nature, and then looks at how we are persons made in the image of the divine and in communion with one another; in the light of what emerges, the author discovers fresh understandings of sexuality, politics, the role of humanity in the cosmos and the power of beauty; his discussion ends with facing our society's unmentionable question: death. Here is a fine book for all explorers into the deeper meaning of what it is to be human.

"Olivier Clement offers us a most important book. It should challenge both Orthodox and other Christians in the West not only to be open to the treasures of the traditions of the Christian East of old but, above all, to receive these traditions, expressed here in modern existential terms, and through them enrich and revitalize the Churches at the dawn of the new millennium.”

George Maloney

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565481435
Publisher:	New City Press NY
Publication date:	10/28/2002
Series:	Theology and Faith Series
Pages:	155
Product dimensions:	5.37(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Olivier Clement is one of the foremost Orthodox theologians of the day. His works, published in many languages, cover a wide range of subjects.

What People are Saying About This

David M. Denny

Having fed on Clement's The Roots of Christian Mysticism and Three Prayers, I was delighted to discover this work.... [Clement] is at once contemporary, visionary, and thoroughly rooted in tradition. Reading him is a wonderful preparation for prayer.'

David M. Denny, Desert Call

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Patrick Howell SJ

This short treatise offers a wonderful synthesis of systematic and mystical theology, though it may not satisfy Western theologians looking for more rigorous, philosophical grounding. Its evocative texture, peppered with wisdom from the patristic tradition, invites the reader to contemplative speculation. The English translation has a vigorous, poetic style that makes it highly readable.... The chapters on eros and human sexuality, on persons in communion, and on political theology ... are so rich that the reader will inevitably be drawn to Clement's earlier The Roots of Christian Mysticism.'

Patrick Howell SJ, Theological Studies

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