This book presents the first debate between the Anglo-Catholic movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common point of reference in this encounter. Both Radical and Eastern Orthodoxy agree that the transfiguration of the world through the Word is at the very centre of the Christian faith. The book explores how this process of transformation can be envisaged with regard to epistemological, ontological, aesthetical, ecclesiological and political questions. Contributors to this volume include Rowan Williams, John Milbank, Antoine Arjakovsky, Michael Northcott, Nicholas Loudovikos, Andrew Louth and Catherine Pickstock.

Table of Contents

Foreword, David Bentley Hart; Introduction, Adrian Pabst and Christoph Schneider; Part I Sophia, Theology and Philosophy: Glorification of the Name and the grammar of wisdom, Antoine Arjakovsky; Commentary, Rowan Williams; Sophiology and theurgy: the new theological horizon, John Milbank; Commentary, Antoine Ajakovsky.; Part II Sophia, Politics and Ecclesiology: The metaphysics of hope and the transfiguration of making in the market empire, Michael Northcott; Wisdom and the art of politics, Adrian Pabst.; Part III Ontology, East and West: Ontology celebrated: remarks of an orthodox on radical orthodoxy, Nicholas Loudovikos; Commentary, John Milbank; Theopoiesis and Christian praxis, Graham Ward; Commentary, Igor Dorfman; The beatific vision of St Thomas Aquinas, Phillip Blond.; Part IV Orthodoxy and Transfiguration: Space, time and the liturgy, Andrew Louth; Commentary, Catherine Pickstock; Wisdom: an (Eastern) orthodox perspective, Marcus Plested; Orthodoxy and eschatology: the liturgical fabric of time, Mihail Neamtu; The transformation of Eros: reflections on desire in Jacques Lacan, Christoph Schneider; Index.

About the Author

Adrian Pabst is Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, UK and Christoph Schneider is based in the Department of Theology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.