{"id":27125,"date":"2012-08-23T11:50:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/remembering-the-futurejohn-ziz\/"},"modified":"2012-08-23T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:50:01","slug":"remembering-the-futurejohn-ziz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/remembering-the-futurejohn-ziz\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Future…John Zizioulas’ new book"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A new book is available from the eminent theologian and bishop, John Zizioulas, Remembering the Future: An Eschatological Ontology<\/i> (T&T Clark International, Continuum, 2013). I very much enjoy the thinking and the challenge of Zizioulas.<\/span><\/div>\n

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From the publisher…<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"Remembering<\/a>The predominating concept in theological ontology is
\nthat of a protological ontology which defines being itself as being defined by
\nthe past. The future of things in this perspective is defined by its origins
\nand the “given” or the “factum”. In this major new book
\nJohn Zizioulas<\/a> shows that eschatology can have important implications for
\nontology, i.e. for being itself. The world was created with a purpose and the
\nend which would be greater than the beginning. This is the view of the Fathers,
\nsuch as Irenaeus and Maximus, who made the end the “cause of all
\nbeing”. The implications of such an idea are revolutionary, both
\nhistorically and experientially. It represents a reversal of the ancient
\nphilosophical idea of causality as well as of our common sense rationality,
\naccording to which the cause precedes chronologically as well as logically. It
\nis the opposite of protological ontology, which makes the past decisive for the
\nfuture. Eschatological ontology, therefore, is about the liberation of being
\nfrom necessity, it is about the formation of being. Man and the world are no
\nlonger imprisoned in their past, in sin, decay and death. The past is
\nontologically affirmed only in so far as it contributes to the end, to the
\ncoming of the kingdom. The eschaton will ‘judge’ history with this criterion
\nalone. The last judgment as part of the eschaton represents an ontological, not
\na moral event. Zizioulas shows how this eschatological ontology permeates
\nChristian doctrine, particularly that of creation and ecclesiology. He also
\npoints out some of its ethical implications.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n


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About<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

John D. Zizioulas, 81,
\nMetropolitan of Pergamon, was Professor of Systematic Theology at the
\nUniversity of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London. His
\nthinking is widely respected across confessional lines. The key points of his
\nthinking, I believe, are freedom (human and divine), ontology and otherness (personhood),
\ncommunion theology, one and the many, and the contours of Christian unity.
\nZizioulas is the author at least 8 books and numerous articles. He is the
\nOrthodox voice in ecumenical discussions especially between Rome and
\nConstantinople. Since 1986 John Zizioulas has been a bishop.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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A new book is available from the eminent theologian and bishop, John Zizioulas, Remembering the Future: An Eschatological Ontology (T&T Clark International, Continuum, 2013). I very much enjoy the thinking and the challenge of Zizioulas. From the publisher… The predominating concept in theological ontology is that of a protological ontology which defines being itself as … Continue reading Remembering the Future…John Zizioulas’ new book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1907,2993,2994,2176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}