Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality

Thomas Arentzen

Description

Sex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past decade has witnessed a newfound openness regarding the topic among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Both the theological trajectory and the historical circumstances of the Orthodox Church differ radically from those of other Christian denominations that have already developed robust and creative reflections on sexuality and sexual diversity. Within its unique history, theology, and tradition, Orthodox Christianity holds rich resources for engaging challenging questions of sexuality in new and responsive ways. What is at stake in questions of sexuality in the Orthodox tradition? What sources and theological convictions can uniquely shape Orthodox understandings of sexuality? This volume aims to create an agora for discussing sex, and not least the sexualities that are often thought of as untraditional in Orthodox contexts.Through fifteen distinct chapters, written by leading scholars and theologians, this book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological perspectives. Chapters devoted to practical and pastoral insights, as well as reflections on specific cultural contexts, engage the human realities of sexual diversity and Christian life. From re-thinking scripture to developing theologies of sex, from eschatological views of eros to re-evaluations of the Orthodox responses to science, this book offers new thinking on pressing, present-day issues and initiates conversations about homosexuality and sexual diversity within Orthodox Christianity.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Theology
• Human sexual activity
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: Fordham University Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780823299706
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

orhôdôx tràdîîôn ànd Humàn Séxuàlîy

Orhôdôx Chrîsîànîy ànd Cônémpôràry Thôugh

S E R I E S E D I TO R S Asley M. Purpura and Aristotle Papanikolaou

hŝ ŝÉÉŝ çôŝŝŝ ô ôôŝ à ŝÉÉ ô  Oôô Cŝà ô à ÉàÉÉ  çôÉôà ôŝ ô ôû. ïŝ ôà ŝ ô ôôÉ (1) ŝôçà ŝûÉŝ  Oôô Cŝà à àÉ Éŝçà, É- ô à àÉ ô Éôŝ, à ŝÉà ô çôÉôà ŝŝûÉŝ; à (2) çô- ŝûçÉ Éôôçà àûÉŝ  çôÉŝàô  àŝç ŝôûçÉŝ à à ôçûŝ ô çôÉôà qûÉŝôŝ à ô É àôà Éôô- çà à ôŝôçà ÉÉŝ ô Gô à ûà É ô çûûà, ô- çà, Éçôôç, à Éçà çôçÉŝ. hÉ ôôŝ  É ŝÉÉŝ ÉôÉ ô É ÉÉàç ô Oôô Cŝà ô çôÉôà çàÉÉŝ à É - àç ô çôÉôà ôÉŝ ô ôû ô Oôô ŝÉ-ûÉŝàŝ.

orhôdôx tràdîîôn ànd HumànSéxuàlîy

thômàs arénzén, ashléy M. Purpurà, ànd arîsôlé Pàpànîkôlàôu Edîôrs

Fôréwôrd by Mérôpôlîàn ambrôsîus, Hélsînkî

F O R D H A M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York • 2022

Cô © 2022 ôà UÉŝ PÉŝŝ

A ŝ ÉŝÉÉ. Nô à ô ŝ ûçàô à É ÉôûçÉ, ŝôÉ  à ÉÉà ŝŝÉ, ô àŝÉ  à ô ô  à Éàŝ—ÉÉçôç, Éçàçà, ôôçô, Éçô, ô à ôÉ—ÉçÉ ô É qûôàôŝ  É ÉÉŝ, ôû É ô Éŝŝô ô É ûŝÉ.

ôà UÉŝ PÉŝŝ àŝ ô Éŝôŝ ô É ÉŝŝÉçÉ ô àççûàç ô URŝ ô ÉÉà ô -à ïÉÉ ÉŝÉŝ ÉÉÉ ô  ŝ ûçàô à ôÉŝ ô ûààÉÉ à à çôÉ ô ŝûç ÉŝÉŝ ŝ, ô  Éà, àççûàÉ ô àôàÉ.

ôà UÉŝ PÉŝŝ àŝô ûŝÉŝ ŝ ôôŝ  à àÉ ô ÉÉçôç ôàŝ. SôÉ çôÉ à àÉàŝ   à ô É àààÉ  ÉÉçôç ôôŝ.

Vŝ ûŝ ôÉ à .ôàÉŝŝ.çô.

à ô CôÉŝŝ Cààô--Pûçàô Dàà àààÉ ôÉ à ŝ://çààô.ôç .ô.

PÉ  É UÉ SàÉŝ ô AÉçà

24

23

22

ŝ Éô

5

4

3

2

1

1

2

3

4

cônéns

Foreword Metropoîtan Ambrosîus, Hesînkî Acknowedgments

SÉûà à Oôô: A ïôûçô homas Arentzen and Asey M. Purpura

PART I: THINKING THROUGH TRADITION RÉàôà, SÉûà, à É DÉŝÉ ô Gô: ŝôçà RÉŝôûçÉŝ Susan Asbrook Harvey SôÉ NÉ ûÉ É Sû: SÉûàÉŝ, SàÉ-SÉ RÉàôŝŝ, à Oôô Bryce E. Rîc

SçÉçÉ, ôôŝÉûà, à É Cûç Gaye Wooscak

Bçà Tàô à SàÉ-SÉ RÉàôŝ: A Dîçû ÉÉÉûçà Pà Ekaterînî Tsaampounî

v

îx

xîîî

1

23

46

66

79

vi

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

C o n t e n t s

PART II: CULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONTEXTS CMààÉàCUôôàEççÉŝàPÉŝÉçÉ: hÉ CàŝÉ ô É Oôô Cûç ô GÉÉçÉ Panteîs Kaaîtzîdîs EàŝÉOôôïÉà“AÉŝŝÉÉàŝ”: NôÉôôçà AŝÉçŝ ô É Côôàô Dmîtry Uzaner

SààôàSàÉ-SÉRÉàôŝ:AOôôRÉŝôŝÉ ô É DÉçŝô  É ûÉà Cûç ô SÉÉ Mîcae Hjäm

ôôôàOôôCôÉŝ:Sôçôôçà VààÉŝ à hÉôôçà SàÉÉŝ ô CàÉ Andrîî Krawcuk

MÉÉMçÉÉ:PàççàhÉôôçàRÉLÉçôŝ ô É PÉŝôôô ô à TàŝÉÉ ïàÉ Rîcard René

PART III: THINKING WITH TRADITION ADÉŝÉôAïŝÉDÉŝÉôGô:“SÉûàOÉàô”   ô GÉô ô Nŝŝà’ŝ Aççôû ô GÉÉ, DÉŝÉ, à É Sôû’ŝ AŝçÉ ô Gô Spyrîdoua Atanasopouou-Kyprîou ïÉŝÉ PÉôÉ: Nô Pŝçà MŝàÉŝ û Gô’ŝ ïàÉ Kateřîna Kočandre Bauer

A hÉôô ô SÉ Arîstote Papanîkoaou

hÉAôçEŝçàôôçàTàŝIûàôô Cŝà Eôŝ à SÉûà Haraambos Ventîs

SÉ,ôÉ,àPôçŝ:A(U)Oôô hÉôôçà Aôàç Davor Džato

105

144

154

172

192

215

235

247

265

281

15

C o n t e n t s

ôAàôCŝ:ôMàÉàÉàÉ ô BÉ ûà Jon Ber

Lîst o Contrîbutors ïndex

vii

303

321 325

Fôréwôrd

Metropolitan Ambrosius, Helsinki

É ôû É ûÉ ô Oôô Cŝàŝ  à ŝ Éŝŝ ô e É ô ô CûçÉŝ ôîçà à 2 ÉçÉ, ŝ Oôô Cûç àŝ à ûqûÉ ôŝô, É  ÉçôÉ  É ŝàÉ. Nàôà Éçô- ô àŝ àÉ ô ôû Cûç ôÉ à ûÉ Éàŝ àô, ÉŝÉç É çÉ ô ôçà Éqûà à ûŝçÉ ô ôÉŝ. WÉ É à ô ÉŝÉÉ àÉŝ ô ŝàÉ-ŝÉ çôûÉŝ àŝ àŝŝÉ  PààÉ  2002, à É É à ô ç ààÉ  2017, Éà ŝàûŝ àŝ àÉ ô É ûôŝ ô ŝÉûà ôÉŝ  É ŝàÉ. hÉ ŝ Oôô Eŝ- çôà Sô  ô ôôŝÉ à ô ŝ Éŝàô ÉçàûŝÉ É ûÉŝà à  ŝ ô  ôû ûÉ ô ÉûàÉ É ÉŝÉ ôÉŝ ô çô- ô É ô ÉôÉ ô àÉ ô Oôô. Aŝ Oôô MÉôôà ô Éŝ, ï ŝàÉ à  É Oôô Cûç É ôû ô É àÉ ô çÉÉàÉ É ŝàçàÉ ô ààÉ ô ŝàÉ-ŝÉ çôûÉŝ. ôÉÉ, É  Éô É çÉÉô ô ôûŝÉ-Éŝŝ ÉÉÉ  àŝ ÉqûÉŝÉ. Ortodox Tradîtîon and Human Sexuaîty ôfÉŝ ÉŝÉ àûÉŝ ààŝ àç-à-É ôààŝç Éŝ çôçÉ É Éŝ ô ŝÉûà à ô  à É É  ûà Éàôŝŝ. ï à ÉÉ àÉû ô É ŝçôàŝ ô çôûÉ ô ŝ ôûÉ ô ô ûŝ  É ôàô à ÉÉ ÉŝÉçÉŝ ô Cŝà à ŝÉûà. ï ŝ ÉÉŝ ô I ŝô à çàÉŝ àÉÉ àaçô- É à àû ŝÉûà àÉŝŝ àô ûà à ŝô àûÉ- ç ŝûà àûÉ. ï à ô Éàôŝ—ÉÉ à ô ŝà—É ÉŝÉçÉ ô Gô à ÉŝÉ, àŝ ŝÉÉà çàÉŝ  ŝ ôûÉ àÉŝ, àŝ ô àŝ  ôÉŝ û ô É ŝà ô ôteosîs.

ix