To Live is Christ: Exploring the Promise and Limits of For the Life of the World
For the Life of the World represents a landmark discussion of social ethics within the Orthodox academy in the West. This article begins by looking at the document's self-understanding as an exploratory rather than a definitive text that seeks to provoke rather than curtail discussion. The over...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 222-234 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDF Orthodox Church NBE Anthropology NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
social sin
B Orthodox ethics B personal sin B Repentance B cataphaticism B Apophaticism |
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| Summary: | For the Life of the World represents a landmark discussion of social ethics within the Orthodox academy in the West. This article begins by looking at the document's self-understanding as an exploratory rather than a definitive text that seeks to provoke rather than curtail discussion. The overarching matter of how even the possibility of a viable social ethos is debated in modern Orthodoxy is briefly dealt with through the lens of ethical apophaticism and cataphaticism. The document itself, a cataphatic contribution in this regard, is then examined in terms of its ethical priorities, its tone in addressing these priorities, as well as its overall theological coherence. Potential ambiguities and dissonance in the document are highlighted. A concluding appeal is made for more work on clarifying the Orthodox theological presuppositions that go into crafting Orthodox social ethics, and a positive proposal is offered, centred on an Orthodox ethos of repentance. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09539468211053688 |