Dr C. Athanasopoulos has published more than 20 papers and four books in Philosophy and Theology. He was a Director of Distance Learning at IOCS and is currently an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University (UK). Dr Christoph Schneider is a lecturer at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge). He is co-editor of 'Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy: Transfiguring the World Through the Word', 2009.

A valuable addition to the dialogue between Eastern and Western Christianity, this book will be of great interest to any reader seeking a rigorously academic insight into the wealth of scholarly opinion about the essence-energy distinction.

• Foreword Introduction by Dr Christoph Schneider (IOCS) 1. Dr. Constantinos Athanasopoulos: St. Gregory Palamas, (Neo-)Platonist and Aristotelian Metaphysics: the response of Orthodox Mystical Theology to the Western impasse of intellectualism and essentialism. 2. Professor Roy Clouser: Pancreation Lost: The Fall of Theology. 3. Fr. Antoine Levy, OP: The woes of originality. 4. Prof. Dr. Georgios Martzelos: The significance of the distinction between essence and energies of God according to St. Basil the Great. 5. Professor John Milbank: Christianity and Platonism in East and West. 6. Dr N.N. Trakakis: The Sense and Reference of the Essence and Energies. 7. Metropolitan of Constantia - Ammochostos Vasilios (Karajiannis) PhD: The distinction between essence and energy according to St Maximus the Confessor. 8. Replies by Professor David Bradshaw. Biographies of Contributors Index

Dr C. Athanasopoulos has published more than 20 papers and four books in Philosophy and Theology. He was a Director of Distance Learning at IOCS and is currently an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University (UK). Dr Christoph Schneider is a lecturer at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge). He is co-editor of 'Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy: Transfiguring the World Through the Word', 2009.

A valuable addition to the dialogue between Eastern and Western Christianity, this book will be of great interest to any reader seeking a rigorously academic insight into the wealth of scholarly opinion about the essence-energy distinction.

• Foreword Introduction by Dr Christoph Schneider (IOCS) 1. Dr. Constantinos Athanasopoulos: St. Gregory Palamas, (Neo-)Platonist and Aristotelian Metaphysics: the response of Orthodox Mystical Theology to the Western impasse of intellectualism and essentialism. 2. Professor Roy Clouser: Pancreation Lost: The Fall of Theology. 3. Fr. Antoine Levy, OP: The woes of originality. 4. Prof. Dr. Georgios Martzelos: The significance of the distinction between essence and energies of God according to St. Basil the Great. 5. Professor John Milbank: Christianity and Platonism in East and West. 6. Dr N.N. Trakakis: The Sense and Reference of the Essence and Energies. 7. Metropolitan of Constantia - Ammochostos Vasilios (Karajiannis) PhD: The distinction between essence and energy according to St Maximus the Confessor. 8. Replies by Professor David Bradshaw. Biographies of Contributors Index

Dr C. Athanasopoulos has published more than 20 papers and four books in Philosophy and Theology. He was a Director of Distance Learning at IOCS and is currently an Associate Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University (UK). Dr Christoph Schneider is a lecturer at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge). He is co-editor of 'Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy: Transfiguring the World Through the Word', 2009.

A valuable addition to the dialogue between Eastern and Western Christianity, this book will be of great interest to any reader seeking a rigorously academic insight into the wealth of scholarly opinion about the essence-energy distinction.

• Foreword Introduction by Dr Christoph Schneider (IOCS) 1. Dr. Constantinos Athanasopoulos: St. Gregory Palamas, (Neo-)Platonist and Aristotelian Metaphysics: the response of Orthodox Mystical Theology to the Western impasse of intellectualism and essentialism. 2. Professor Roy Clouser: Pancreation Lost: The Fall of Theology. 3. Fr. Antoine Levy, OP: The woes of originality. 4. Prof. Dr. Georgios Martzelos: The significance of the distinction between essence and energies of God according to St. Basil the Great. 5. Professor John Milbank: Christianity and Platonism in East and West. 6. Dr N.N. Trakakis: The Sense and Reference of the Essence and Energies. 7. Metropolitan of Constantia - Ammochostos Vasilios (Karajiannis) PhD: The distinction between essence and energy according to St Maximus the Confessor. 8. Replies by Professor David Bradshaw. Biographies of Contributors Index