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CourseSyllabusTRP2172–TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTradition

TrinityCollegeTorontoSchoolofTheology

SeptembertoDecember(Fall)2016

InstructorInformation

Instructor: RevFrTheodoreParaskevopoulosOfficeLocation: LarkinBuilding,Office317Telephone: (647)278.0058Email: [email protected]: FrTheodoreisavailableonWednesdaysfrom6pm-7pminLarkin317orvia

emailanytime.

CourseIdentification

CourseNumber: TRP2172CourseName: TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTraditionCourseLocation: LarkinBuilding,Room340(andonlinesection)ClassTimes: Wednesdays7pmto10pmPrerequisites: None

CourseDescription

PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.

ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecourse

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willalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.Studentswillbeevaluatedontheirclassparticipation,ashortpaper(8-10pages)andafinalpaper(15-20pages).

Fortheonlinesection,classroomlecturesandseminarswillberecordedandmadeavailabletoviewonthecourseportal.Participationwillbeviaonlinediscussionforums.

ExpandedCourseDescription

PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.

TheOrthodoxChristianunderstandingofthehumanpersonstemsprimarilyfromDivineRevelation.IntheologicaltermsthequestionofGodandhumanityaretwoequations.Thefirstisapreconditionfortheother,andtheotherstemsfromthefirst.Thehumanpersonisacreaturethatemergesthroughrelationships,existingandeventuallyreachingitsfullnessindynamicrelationshipwithGodandallcreation.

PracticalOrthodoxChristiantheologicalanthropologyobservesthehumanpersonasacentralbeinginallcreation.Itsimportancestemsfromthefactthatallthingsexistthroughthehumanbeingandinthehumanbeingallcreationaccomplishesitsownsalvation.ThisaccomplishmentisactualizedthroughpersonalfreeunionwiththeuncreatedGod,inChrist.TospeakaboutthehumanpersoninChristianitymeanstospeaknotaboutthehumanbeingitself,independentofGod,theChurchandtheworld,butahumanwhoinfactisapersonthroughwhomtheessentialbondbetweencreationandGodismadepossible.Thesalvationoftheworldthroughthehumanpersonisdiscernedasaservice–liturgy–inwhichthehumanbeingisrealizedasatruepersonthatstrivestobecomeaneternalandunrepeatablebeingincommunionwithGodandtheworldinChrist.Inanyothercontext,thehumanbeingceasestobeaperson,theimageofGodinthegivenworld.ItisinthisfactthatwefindthefundamentaldifferencebetweenOrthodoxChristiananthropologyandmanyotheranthropologiesthatexist.

ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecoursewillalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.

CourseResources

RequiredCourseReadings

Asetofreadingswillbemadeavailableonthecourseportaldrawingonselectionsfromthefollowingworks.

St.Athanasius.OntheIncarnation.TranslatedbyJohnBehr.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.

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St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.

Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.

Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.

Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.

Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.

Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.

Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.

EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.

EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.

Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.

Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.

Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.

Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.

Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.

Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.

St.GregoryofNyssa.FromGlorytoGlory.IntroductionandselectionfromJeanDaniélou.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2001.

St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.

Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.

Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.

St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.

St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.

St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.

Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.

Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.

St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.

St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.

Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.

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McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.

McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.

McKenny,Gerald.“BiotechnologyandtheNormativeSignificanceofHumanNature:AContributionfromTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(1),pp.18-36.

Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.

Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.

Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.

Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.

Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.

St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.

St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.

Thunberg,Lars.ManandtheCosmos:TheVisionofSt.MaximustheConfessor.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminary,1985.

Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.

Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.

Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.

Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.

RecommendedBooks

Behr,John.BecomingHuman.Crestwood:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.

Behr,John.“TheRationalAnimal:ARereadingofGregoryofNyssa’sDehominisopificio.”JournalofEarlyChristianStudies,Vol.7,Number2,1999.pp.219-247.

Bulgakov,Sergius.TheBrideoftheLamb.TranslatedbyBorisJakim.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2002.

Bulgakov,Sergius.UnfadingLight:ContemplationsandSpeculations.TranslatedbyThomasAllanSmith.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2012.

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Cadenhead,Raphael.“CorporealityandAskesis:EthicsandBodilyPracticeinGregoryofNyssa’sTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(3),281-299.

Clément,Olivier.OnHumanBeing:ASpiritualAnthropology.London:NewCity,2000.

Ellverson,Anna-Stina.TheDualNatureofMan:AStudyintheTheologicalAnthropologyofGregoryofNazianzus.Stockholm:Uppsala,1981.

St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheMakingofManinNiceneandPost-NiceneFathers,vol.5.EditedbyPhilipSchaffandHenryWace.Peabody:HendricksonPublishing,1999.

St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.

Lewis,C.S.TheAbolitionofMan.NewYork:HarperCollins,2001.

Loudovikos,Nikolaos.AEucharisticOntology:MaximustheConfessor’sEschatologicalOntologyofBeingasDialogicalReciprocity.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2010.

Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.

Niebuhr,Reinhold.MoralManandImmoralSociety.Westminister:JohnKnoxPress,2011.

Nietzsche,Friedrich.TheJoyfulWisdom,inExploringthePhilosophyofReligion,7thed.DavidStewart,ed.,UpperSaddleRiver,N.J.:PrenticeHall,2010.

Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.

Turcescu,Lucian.“’Person’versus‘Individual’,andotherModernmisreadingsofGregoryofNyssa”,ModernTheology,18:4,October2002,pp.527-539.

VonBalthasar,HansUrs.CosmicLiturgy:TheUniverseAccordingtoMaximustheConfessor.SanFrancisco:Communion-Ignatius,2003.

VonBalthasar,HansUrs.PresenceandThought:AnEssayontheReligiousPhilosophyofGregoryofNyssa.SanFrancisco:Communio-Ignatius,1995.

Ware,BishopKallistos.TheInnerKingdom.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2000.

Yannaras,Christos.PersonandEros.TranslatedbyNormanRussell.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2007.

Zizioulas,JohnD.TheOneandtheMany:StudiesonGod,Man,theChurchandtheWorldToday.EditedbyFr.GregoryEdwards.Alhambra:SebastianPress,2010.

CoursePortal

ThiscoursewillmakeextensiveuseoftheUniversityofToronto’sLearningPortalalsoknownas‘Blackboard’.

Toaccesstheportal,gototheUofTportalloginpageathttps://portal.utoronto.caandloginusingyourUTORidandpassword.OnceyouhaveloggedintotheportalusingyourUTORidandpassword,lookfortheMyCoursesmodule,whereyou’llfindthelinktothewebsiteforallyourBlackboard-basedcourses.

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(YourcourseregistrationwithROSIgivesyouaccesstothecoursewebsiteatBlackboard.)Notealsotheinformationathttp://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/information-students.

Pleaseensurethatyouarefamiliarwithhowtoaccessthesystemandnavigatethroughit.Theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:

• Keepinganupdatedversionofthecoursesyllabusandcalendar• Providingcoursereadings,bibliographiesandotherhandouts• Sharingadditionalonlineresources• Communicatingclassnoticesandupdates• Issuingassignmentguidelinesanddeadlines• Acceptingassignmentsubmissions• Providingfeedbackandgradesforallassignmentsandothercourserequirements

Inaddition,fortheonlinesection,theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:

• Deliveringweeklycourselecturesandseminars(availablealsoforclassroom-basedstudentsforreview)

• Enablingstudentparticipationandinteractionintheblogs,discussionforumsandotheronlinecommunications(seecourserequirementsandevaluationbelow)

AuditorswhodonothaveaUTORidshouldspeaktotheinstructortoreceiveguestaccesstothecourseportal.

Asintheclassroom,onlinecommunicationmustbecarriedoutrespectfullyandcivillyatalltimes.Writingwithintheonlinemediaofblogs,discussionforumsisnotanexcuseforlaziness,lackofproperreflectionoruncivility.Argumentsmustbecarefullycrafted,respectfullypresentedandgroundedinsourcetextsandsolidreflection.Studentswhofailtoadheretotheseguidelineswillnotsucceedinthiscourse.

CourseLearningObjectives

Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:

• IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsinappliedOrthodoxanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry

• Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera

• Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues

ProgrammeOutcomes

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Onlinesectioncourseelements:pleasenotethatthelecturesandseminardiscussionswillberecordedandviewableinthecourseportalandfollowedbyonlinediscussion.

CourseOutcomes:KnowledgeoftheAreaofConcentration

CourseElements

ProgrammeOutcomes

Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:

Thisoutcomewillbeachievedthroughthesecourseelements:

ThiscourseoutcomecorrespondstotheseaspectsoftheBasicDegreeLearningOutcomes

IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsofOrthodoxanthropologyanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry

Lectures/seminardiscussions

Religiousheritage

Culturalcontext

Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera


Shortpaper

Finalpaper

Religiousheritage

Culturalcontext

Capacityforministry

Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues


Shortpaper

Finalpaper

Religiousheritage

Culturalcontext

Capacityforministry

Personalandspiritualformation

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Evaluation

Requirements–ClassroomSection

Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:

1. ClassParticipation:regularattendanceandvigorousparticipationinweeklydiscussion,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%

2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)

3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)

Requirements–OnlineSection

Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:

1. ClassParticipation:Regularandvigorousparticipationinweeklyonlinediscussionforums,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%

2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)

3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)

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GradingSystem

PolicyonLateAssignments

Theinstructorreservestherighttodeductupto2.5%ofthefinalassignmentgradeforeachweekthatanassignmentislate.Studentsaregenerallygranteda‘graceweek’providedtheinstructorisinformedofanyspecialcircumstancesbeforetheassignmentdeadline.

Thispenaltyisnotappliedtostudentswithmedicalorcompassionatedifficulties;studentsfacingsuchdifficultiesarekindlyrequestedtoconsultwiththeirfacultyadvisororbasicdegreedirector,whoshouldmakearecommendationonthemattertotheinstructor.Theabsolutedeadlineforthecourseistheexaminationdayscheduledforthecourse.Studentswhoforexceptionalreasons(forinstance,adeathinthefamilyoraseriousillness)areunabletocompleteworkbythisdatemayrequestanextension(SDF=‘standingdeferred’)beyondtheterm.AnSDFmustberequestedfromtheregistrar’sofficeinthestudent’scollegeofregistrationnolaterthanthelastdayofclassesinwhichthecourseistaken.TheSDF,whenapproved,willhaveamutuallyagreedupondeadlinethatdoesnotextendbeyondtheconclusionofthefollowingterm.IfastudenthasnotcompletedworkbuthasnotbeengrantedanSDF,afinalmarkwillbesubmittedcalculatingazeroforworknotsubmitted.

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CourseGrades

ConsistentlywiththepolicyoftheUniversityofToronto,coursegradessubmittedbyaninstructorarereviewedbyacommitteeoftheinstructor’scollegebeforebeingposted.CoursegradesmaybeadjustedwheretheydonotcomplywithUniversitygradingpolicy(http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/grading.htm)orcollegegradingpolicy.

Policies

Accessibility.Studentswithadisabilityorhealthconsiderationareentitledtoaccommodation.StudentsmustregisterattheUniversityofToronto’sAccessibilityServicesoffices;informationisavailableathttp://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/.Thesoonerastudentseeksaccommodation,thequickerwecanassist.

Plagiarism.Studentssubmittingwrittenmaterialincoursesareexpectedtoprovidefulldocumentationforsourcesofbothwordsandideasinfootnotesorendnotes.Directquotationsshouldbeplacedwithinquotationmarks.(Ifsmallchangesaremadeinthequotation,theyshouldbeindicatedbyappropriatepunctuationsuchasbracketsandellipses,butthequotationstillcountsasadirectquotation.)Failuretodocumentborrowedmaterialconstitutesplagiarism,whichisaseriousbreachofacademic,professional,andChristianethics.AninstructorwhodiscoversevidenceofstudentplagiarismisnotpermittedtodealwiththesituationindividuallybutisrequiredtoreportittohisorherheadofcollegeordelegateaccordingtotheTSTBasicDegreeHandbook(linkedfromhttp://www.tst.edu/content/handbooks)andtheUniversityofTorontoCodeofBehaviouronAcademicMattershttp://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=4871.Astudentwhoplagiarizesinthiscourse.Studentswillbeassumedtohavereadthedocument“Avoidanceofplagiarismintheologicalwriting”publishedbytheGrahamLibraryofTrinityandWycliffeColleges(http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/Library_Archives/Theological_Resources/Tools/Guides/plag.htm.

Otheracademicoffences.TSTstudentscomeunderthejurisdictionoftheUniversityofTorontoCodeofBehaviouronAcademicMattershttp://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm).

Back-upcopies.Pleasemakeback-upcopiesofessaysbeforehandingthemin.

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Emailcommunicationwiththecourseinstructor.Theinstructoraimstorespondtoemailcommunicationsfromstudentsinatimelymanner.Allemailcommunicationsfromstudentsshouldbesentfromautorontoemailaddress.Emailcommunicationsfromotheremailaddressesarenotsecure,andalsotheinstructorcannotreadilyidentifythemasbeinglegitimateemailsfromstudents.Theinstructorisnotobligedtorespondtoemailfromnon-utorontoaddresses.

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CourseSchedule

CLASSTOPICSANDBIBLIOGRAPHY

Week1 Introduction–PhilosophyandTheology:Personhoodinthe1stCenturyA.D.

Reading(inclass):

• Introductionsoffacultyandstaff• Introductiontoterminology:Greekphilosophyvs.divinerevelation• PersonhoodintheBible:Gen.1:26-27,Lev.11:44-45,19:2,1Cor.11:17,15:45-50,2Cor.2:18,

Col.1:15,3:1-3,Heb.1:3,John1:1-13,10:21-22,30,17:3,17:11,Eph.4:22-24,5:1-2,Rom12:2• Philosophy:etymology,metaphysics,mindvs.nous,materialvs.immaterial,hedonismand

eudaemonism(escapism),realityvs.illusion(Plato)• Theology:Godasperson,Godaslove,soulandbody(hypostasis),positivenatureofmatter,

creationexnihilo,purificationandillumination,reasonvs.experience,personhoodas“becoming”

Week2 TheTheologyofthe“Anthropos”AccordingtheApostolicFathers

Reading:

• St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.Pages11-23,29-41,67-75

• Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.Pages528-555

GuidedDiscussionThemes

• IntroductiontoSt.IgnatiusofAntioch• IgnatiustotheEphesians• IgnatiustotheRomans• LettertoDiognetus(Early4thCChristianapology)

Week3 TheTheologyofPersonAccordingtotheEarlyFathers

Reading:

• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages68-81

• St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.Pages39-50,59-65

• St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.Pages31-64

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• St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.Page112-118,273-274

GuidedDiscussion

• St.IrenaeusofLyons:ProofoftheApostolicPreaching• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse1:AccordingtotheImage• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse2:OntheHumanBeing• St.GregoryofNyssa:RestoringGod’sImage• St.GregoryofNyssa:TheNewCreation

Week4 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtotheEarlyMonasticTradition

Reading:

• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages86-110

• Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.Pages68-71

• Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.Pages213-233


• TheAsceticismofthePerson• St.AnthonytheGreat:ManasMind,SoulandBody• Self-RenunciationandtheRecoveryofParadise

Week5 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.MaximustheConfessorandSt.JohnofDamascus

Reading:

• St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.Pages13-16,29-43,97-98,131-143

• St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.Pages61,93,96,97,165

• St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages7-14,70-77,82-88


• IntroductiontoSt.MaximustheConfessor(OptionalReading)• AdThalassium1:MaximusonthePassionsandHumanNature• AdThalassium61:OntheLegacyofAdam’sTransgression• Maximus’TwoHundredChaptersonTheology:SelectedExcerpts• IntroductiontoSt.JohnofDamascus(OptionalReading)

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• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseII(selectedexcerpts)• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseIII(selectedexcerpts)

Week6 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.GregoryPalamasandSt.SymeontheNewTheologian

Reading:

• St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.Pages1-5,25-30(optional),57-69,

• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages7-13,147-156

• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages67-73,165-172

• Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.Pages43-49,195-197,203-204,215-222


• St.GregoryPalamas:IntrotoThemes• PhilosophyDoesNotSave(fromoptionalreading)• St.GregoryPalamas:DeificationinChrist• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:IntrotoThemes• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:BeingOnewithGod• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:OntheOldmanvs.theNewMan• AlexanderGolitzin(Commentary):OntheImageofGodinMan• NicholasCabasilas:TheLifeinChrist• NicholasCabasilas:Self-Surrender

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Week7 PersonhoodAccordingtoModernOrthodoxTheologians:Zizioulas,Yannaras

Reading:

• Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.Pages27-65

• Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.Pages213-236,237-247

• Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages13-24


• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodandBeing

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• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodasEkstasisandHypostasisofBeing• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodintheLightofChristology&Pneumatology• ChristosYannaras:TheMasksofMoralityandtheEthosofthePerson

*MID-TERMPAPERDUEINCLASS*

Week8 ModernTheologiansContinued:MantzaridisandNellas

Reading:

• Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages15-33,127-129

• Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.Pages44-53,121-139


• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Man’sDeification• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Conclusions• PanayiotisNellas:The“GarmentsofSkin”–GeneralAnthropologicalContent• PanayiotisNellas:TheChristificationofMan’sBeing

Week9 PersonhoodAccordingtoFreudandHeidegger

Reading:

• McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.Pages1-10

• Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.Pages122-128(OPTIONALREADING)

• McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.Pages1-5

• Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.(Selections)(OPTIONALREADING)

• Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.Pages1-13

• Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.Pages15-22(OPTIONALREADING)


• SigmundFreud:BasicTeachings• CarlJung:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:ChristianMetaphysics

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Week10 PersonhoodAccordingtoSartreandNietzsche

Reading:

• Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.Pages1-19

• Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.Pages9-10,12-13,100-103

• Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.(Selections)–OPTIONALREADING

• Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.Pages1-8

• Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.Pages617-628

• Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.Pages60-83

• Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.Pages1-28–OPTIONALREADING


• Nietzsche’sMoralPhilosophy• NietzscheonNihilismandReligion• Sartre:BasicThought• Sartre:ExistentialismasOntology• Sartre:WantingtobeGod,ExistentialPsychoanalysis

Week11 PersonhoodinBioethicalIssues:Fr.JohnBreckandTristramH.EngelhardtJr.

Reading:

• Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.Pages55-80,

• Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages22-24,28-31,35-61

• EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.Pages309-313,327-337


• Breck:Sexuality&Gender• Breck:BeginningofLife&Cloning• Breck:Abortion• Engelhardt:EndofLife,Suicide,Euthanasia

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Week12 ThePersonandtheEnvironment,EcumenicalDialogue,BringingitAllTogether:CCC,EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewIandFr.JohnBehr

Reading:

• EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.Pages123-129

• CanadianCouncilofChurches:FaithandWitnessCommission.BecomingHuman:OnTheologicalAnthropologyinanAgeofEngineeringLife.Toronto:CanadianCouncilofChurches,2005.

• Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.Pages173-181


• PatriarchBartholomew:OrthodoxyandtheEnvironment• CCC:EcumenicalConsensusonHumanAnthropology• Behr:APremodernFaithforaPostmodernEra

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