The initial title for this workshop is "A Saint for East and West: The Theology of Maximus Confessor in the Ongoing Dialog Between Eastern and Western Christian Theology." The aim of the workshop will be to elaborate on those issues in Maximus' theology and philosophy that would serve to further ecumenical discussion between Eastern and Western Christianity and contribute to the need of Maximus’ thought for contemporary theology. Each workshop will be 2 1/2 hours long, and will cover four areas: Reception and Influence, Anthropology, Spirituality, and Philosophy and Metaphysics. The goal of the workshop will not be a joint resolution between the Eastern and Western Christian traditions, but to better understand how both traditions have, perhaps, misread each other in light of numerous ‘proof texts’. Greater clarity of theological positions will also hopefully yield more recognition that much is shared between the two traditions.
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