TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purpura,Ashley M.
TI  - God, Hierarchy, and Power: Orthodox Theologies of Authority from Byzantium 
T2  - Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
SN  - 9780823278374
AV  - BX340 
U1  - 262/.8 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Fordham University Press, 
KW  - Authority
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Orthodox Eastern Church
KW  - Church
KW  - History
KW  - Religion
KW  - Theology
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Byzantine
KW  - Dionysius Areopagite
KW  - Hierarchy
KW  - Liturgy
KW  - Maximus Confessor
KW  - Nicholas Cabasilas
KW  - Niketas Stethatos
KW  - Orthodox
KW  - authority
KW  - power
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Challenge of Hierarchy for Orthodoxy --; CHAPTER 1. Dionysius the Areopagite's Divinizing Hierarchy --; CHAPTER 2. Maximus the Confessor and Christological Realization --; CHAPTER 3. Niketas Stethatos's Hierarchic Re- Imaging --; CHAPTER 4. Nicholas Cabasilas and Embodied Authority --; CHAPTER 5. Thearchical Power in Theory and Practice --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In the current age where democratic and egalitarian ideals have preeminence, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, among other hierarchically organized religious traditions, faces the challenging questions: "Why is hierarchy maintained as the model of organizing the church, and what are the theological justifications for its persistence?" These questions are especially significant for historically and contemporarily understanding how Orthodox Christians negotiate their spiritual ideals with the challenges of their social and ecclesiastical realities.To critically address these questions, this book offers four case studies of historically disparate Byzantine theologians from the sixth to the fourteenth-centuries-Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, Niketas Stethatos, and Nicholas Cabasilas-who significantly reflect on the relationship between spiritual authority, power, and hierarchy in theoretical, liturgical, and practical contexts. Although Dionysius the Areopagite has been the subject of much scholarly interest in recent years, the applied theological legacy of his development of "hierarchy" in the Christian East has not before been explored.Relying on a common Dionysian heritage, these Byzantine authors are brought into a common dialogue to reveal a tradition of constructing authentic ecclesiastical hierarchy as foremost that which communicates divinity
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823278398?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823278398
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823278398/original
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