The Philokalical Vision of the World
in the Theology of Stăniloae
in the Theology of Stăniloae
author: Maciej Bielawski title:The Philokalical Vision of the World in the Theology of Stăniloae pages: 231 published by: Homini - Bydgoszcz year of publication: 1997 ISBN: 83-907589-4-6 
Roumanian translation
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This book is about Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993), “the greatest Orthodox theologian of today” (O. Clément) and presents his vision of the world and his theology of creation. It shows how Stăniloae, because of his deep knowledge of the Fathers of the Church and the Philokalical writers of byzantine tradition, was able to think the world as “Cosmic Christ”. It was the first complete introduction to the theology of this fascinating Rumanian Orthodox thinker and the book was translated into Rumanian by I. Ică and published by the publishing house Deisis (Sibiu 1998).
Table of contents Introduction 1. The life and work of Dumitru Stăniloae Youth (1903-1927) – Greek influence (1927-1929) – Munich 1928 and Protestant theology – Events, studies and writings (1929-1938) – The Second World War and books about Blaga, Palamas and Jesus Christ – Activities in Rumania (1939-1944) – Communism (1945-1958) – Prison (1958-1963) – Next 30 years (1963-1993) 2. Some considerations about the inspirations and method of Stăniloae’s theology Orthodoxy – Rumania – Theology in the shadow of communism – The Bible – The Fathers and Philokalia – The Language 3. The world in the light of God The creation of the world – The motive and goal of creation – Transcendence of God and His revelation to the world – The movement of God towards creation 4. Structures of the world Finitude – Rationality – Unity – Movement in Time – Space 5. World and man in God Sobornicity – Anthropocentric aspects of creation – The world as a place of dialogue – Towards the final dimension) Conclusion |