Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos
Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as “priests of creation” in addressing the current ecological crisis.

Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation.
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Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos
Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as “priests of creation” in addressing the current ecological crisis.

Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation.
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Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos

Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos

Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos

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Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as “priests of creation” in addressing the current ecological crisis.

Given the critical and urgent character of the global crisis and by adopting a clear line of argumentation, Zizioulas describes a vision based on a compassionate and incarnational conception of the human beings as liturgical beings, offering creation to God for the life of the world. He encourages the need for deeper interaction with modern science, from which theology stands to gain an appreciation of the interconnection of every aspect of materiality and life with humankind. The result is an articulate and promising vision that inspires a new ethos, or way of life, to overcome our alienation from the rest of creation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780567699121
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 05/20/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 448 KB

About the Author

John Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, was previously Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at King's College London, UK.

John Chryssavgis serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch on environmental issues, USA.

Nikolaos Asproulis is deputy director at Volos Academy of Theological Studies, Greece.

John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA.
Nikolaos Asproulis is Deputy Director at the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Greece.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Archbishop Rowan Williams

Introduction
Toward an Ecological Ethos: Theological Principles and Philosophical Presuppositions, John Chryssavgis and Nikolaos Asproulis

Chapter 1: The Eucharistic Vision of the World

Chapter 2: Preserving God's Creation: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Chapter 3: Creation Theology: Patristic Perspectives

Chapter 4: Priests of Creation

Chapter 5: Laudato Si': Ecumenical and Spiritual Perspectives

Chapter 6: The Book of Revelation and the Natural Environment

Chapter 7: Environment and Justice: A Theological Approach

Chapter 8: Ecological Asceticism: a Cultural Revolution

Chapter 9: Orthodoxy and the Ecological Crisis – A Theological Approach

Chapter 10: Religion and Science – An Ethical Approach

Chapter 11: Religion, Science, and the Environment

Chapter 12: Ethics versus Ethos: An Orthodox Approach to the Relationship between Ecology and Ethics

Chapter 13: Towards an Environmental Ethic

Chapter 14: Proprietors or Priests of Creation?

Chapter 15: Humanity and Nature: Learning from the Indigenous

Chapter 16: A Theological Approach to the Ecological Problem

Chapter 17: Human Beings and Animals: Monastic and Artistic Perspectives

Chapter 18: Communion and Communication

Chapter 19: St. Paul and the ecological problem

Conclusion: From Here to Where

Bibliography
Index
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