At the heart of monastic spirituality is development hesychasm as a means toward achieving an experience divine (theosis), and this proved to be immense importance in history Orthodox Church. This hesychasm, focused on necessity ceaseless inner prayer, greatly influenced later Church history, pastoral counseling. For reasons which will discussed within paper, hesychastic came forefront fourteen...

Despite the rise of the secular state, religion remains a significant force in society. Within Christianity this encompasses a wide variety of beliefs. These range from simple assertions of theism in a cultural context to complex theologies; from liberal emphases on uncertainty and exploration to dogmatic views of divine revelation. How one 'does' good medical ethics depends on these perspectiv...

Religious and anthropological issues of the Eastern Patristics legacy are under consideration in article. The conceptual justification human being by Greek-Byzantine Church Fathers is submitted, paying attention to antinomianism understanding Man essence. duality analyzed tight with diversity historical theologian approaches clarifying New Testament thesis on creation image likeness God. In thi...

The article considers the views of German philosopher Ernst Bloch on problem evolution idea “Third Reich” in European Christian tradition Middle Ages and New Times, as well its actualization by Nazism. author paper is translator many texts E. Bloch. He attempts to understand origins popularity Nazism from a culturological historical-philosophical point view series works turns, for first time 19...

ar from being the atheist that some have portrayed, Thomas Paine was a “scientific deist” who believed that the omnipotence and benevolence of God are evident in the structure of the universe. The epigraph above is one of his most elegant expressions of this view. What is more surprising than Paine’s reverence is that The Age of Reason (1794–95) appears to owe much to a tradition of Christian a...

When I came to UCSD, a professor asked me how I could be a professing intellectual and still be a Christian. The topic came up a few weeks back as well. So I thought I would collect my thoughts about reasons that I personally find helpful when considering whether Christianity makes sense. Note that I do not accept the definition that faith is "belief without reason". Instead I prefer the defini...