Orthodox Readings of Augustine: (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought)

Orthodox Readings of Augustine examines the theological engagement with the preeminent Latin theologian Augustine of Hippo in the Orthodox context. Augustine was not widely read in the East until many centuries after his death. However, following his re-introduction in the thirteenth century, the Latin Church Father served as an ecumenical figure, offering Latin and Byzantine theologians a thinker with whom they could bridge linguistic, cultural, and confessional divides. Contributors: Lewis Ayres, John Behr, David Bradshaw, Brian E. Daley, George E. Demacopoulos, Elizabeth Fisher, Reinhard Flogaus, Carol Harrison, David Bentley Hart, Joseph T. Lienhard, Andrew Louth, Jean-Luc Marion, Aristotle Papanikolaou, and David Tracy

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments 7 Texts and Abbreviations 9 Augustine and the Orthodox: "The West" in the East George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou Fordham University 11 Planoudes' De Trinitate, the Art of Translation, and the Beholder's Share Elizabeth Fisher The George Washington University 41 Inspiration–Exploitation–Distortion: The Use of St Augustine in the Hesychast Controversy Reinhard Flogaus Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 63 Augustine of Hippo, Basil of Caesarea, and Gregory Nazianzen Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ Fordham University 81 Making a Human Will Divine: Augustine and Maximus on Christ and Human Salvation Brian E. Daley, SJ University of Notre Dame 101 Sempiterne Spiritus Donum: Augustine's Pneumatology and the Metaphysics of Spirit Lewis Ayres Emory University 127 Calling upon God as Father: Augustine and the Legacy of Nicaea John Behr St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary 153 Idipsum: The Name of God according to Augustine Jean-Luc Marion The University of Chicago / Université Paris Sorbonne 167 The Hidden and the Manifest:Metaphysics after Nicaea David Bentley Hart Providence College 191 Augustine the Metaphysician David Bradshaw University of Kentucky 227 De profundis: Augustine's Reading of Orthodoxy Carol Harrison Durham University 253 Augustine's Christomorphic Theocentrism David Tracy The University of Chicago 263 "Heart in Pilgrimage": St Augustine as Interpreter of the Psalms Andrew Louth Durham University 291 Index 305

About the Author :
Aristotle Papanikolaou (Edited By) Aristotle Papanikolaou is Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Orthodox Theology and Culture and Professor of Theology at Fordham University. George E. Demacopoulos (Edited By) George E. Demacopoulos is Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies and Professor of Theology at Fordham University.

Review :
In this important book, Papanikolaou and Demacopoulos provide a scholarly examination of an often-overlooked historical and theological matter--the relationship between Augustine and Eastern Christianity... The present volume will be of great use to scholars attempting to examine the status of Augustine in the historical shaping of Eastern Christianity.-- "Choice"