Polis, Ontology, Ecclesial Event

Christos Yannaras is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Panteion University in Athens. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Sorbonne/University Paris-IV and a doctorate in theology from the University of Thessaloniki. He has been a visiting professor of philosophy in Paris, Geneva, Lausanne and Crete and has received numerous honorary doctorates. His Person and Eros and his The Freedom of Morality had an unparalleled impact on the development of modern Greek theology. Sotiris Mitralexis is Seeger Fellow at Princeton University, Assistant Professor of philosophy at the City University of Istanbul and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Winchester. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the Freie Universitat Berlin, a doctorate in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a degree in Classics from the University of Athens. He has taught philosophy in Istanbul, Athens and Berlin.

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• List of Contributors Preface - John MilbankHellenism in MotionIntroduction - Sotiris MitralexisPart I POLISChapter One - Dionysios SklirisChristos Yannaras' Political Ontology: An Introductory SketchChapter Two - Jonathan ColeThe Problematic of Greek Identity and Christos Yannaras' Quest for a Politics of Authentic ExistenceChapter Three - Angelos GounopoulosThe Freedom of Relationship as the Ontological Foundation in Christos Yannaras' Political TheologyChapter Four - Paul TysonFreedom and Necessity: Yannaras and the Global Struggle for LifePart II PHILOSOPHYChapter Five - Deborah CasewellLoving in Relation to Nothing: On Alterity and RelationalityChapter Six - Sotiris MitralexisRelation, Activity and Otherness in Christos Yannaras' Propositions for a Critical OntologyChapter Seven - Marcello La MatinaAs for God, So for Sound: Engaging with Yannaras' Philosophy of LanguageChapter Eight - Daniel Isai Yannaras' and Marion's Overcoming Onto-Theology: On the Way of St Dionysius the AreopagiteChapter Nine - Nikolaos KoronaiosEducation as Freedom: An Attempt to Explore the Role of Education through Christos Yannaras' ThoughtPart III ECCLESIAChapter Ten - Andreas AndreopoulosIn Conversation with Christos Yannaras: A Critical View of the Council of CreteChapter Eleven - Brandon GallaherOrthodoxy and the West: The Problem of Orthodox Self-Criticism in Christos YannarasChapter Twelve - Rowan WilliamsThe Theology of Personhood: A Study of the Thought of Christos YannarasBibliographyIndex