Abbreviations Used
Foreword: Kallistos Ware
Introduction: Brock Bingaman and Brad Nassif
HISTORY
Chapter One: St. Nikodimos and the Philokalia by Kallistos Ware
Chapter Two: The Making of the Philokalia: A Tale of Monks and
Manuscripts by John Anthony McGuckin
Chapter Three: The Influence of the Philokalia in the Orthodox
World by Andrew Louth
Chapter Four: Conversing with the World by Commenting on the
Fathers: Fr Dumitru Staniloae and the Romanian Edition of The
Philokalia by Mihail Neamtu
THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter Five: The Luminous Word: Scripture in the Philokalia by
Douglas-Burton Christie
Chapter Six: Concerning Those Who Imagine That They Are Justified
by Works: The Gospel According to St. Mark - the Monk by Bradley
Nassif
Chapter Seven: The Theological World of the Philokalia by Rowan
Williams
Chapter Eight: Tradition and Creativity in the Construction and
Reading of the Philokalia by J.L. Zecher
Chapter Nine: Becoming a Spiritual World of God:
The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor by Brock
Bingaman
Chapter Ten: The Ecclesiology of the Philokalia by Krastu Banev
Chapter Eleven: Evagrius in the Philocalia of Sts Macarius and
Nicodemus by Julia Konstantinovsky
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Chapter Twelve: The Place of the Jesus Prayer in the Philokalia by
Mary B. Cunningham
Chapter Thirteen: Uses and Abuses of Spiritual Authority in the
Writings of St. Symeon the New Theologian by Hannah Hunt
Chapter Fourteen: Hope for the Passible Self: The Use and
Transformation of the Human Passions in the Fathers of the
Philokalia by Paul M. Blowers
Chapter Fifteen: Healing, Psychotherapy, and the Philokalia by
Andrew Louth and Chris Cook
Chapter Sixteen: The Philokalia and Regulative Virtue Epistemology:
A Look at Maximus the Confessor by Frederick D. Aquino
Chapter Seventeen: Women in the Philokalia? by Sr. Nonna Verna
Harrison
Chapter Eighteen: Solitude, Silence, and Stillness: Light from the
Palestinian Desert by John Chryssavgis
Index
Brock Bingaman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and
Religious Studies Program Director at Wesleyan College.
Bradley Nassif is Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at
North Park University.
"This is a fascinating and illuminating volume which will be
welcomed by scholars and general readers alike." --The Journal of
Theological Studies
"It is not just that this volume on the history, sources, contents,
and relevance of the Philokalia is much needed and long overdue,
but that the range, breadth, and erudition of the contributions in
it are breathtaking. At a time in which the term 'spirituality' has
become a dodge from substantial religious conviction and serious
religious practice, the Philokalia instructs in a way of prayer and
spiritual discipline that has muscle and
commands attention. This volume will stand for some time as the
definitive introduction to the Philokalia and by way of this, also,
to the Orthodox theological tradition."--Vigen Guroian, Professor
of Religious Studies
(Eastern Christianity), University of Virginia
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