Transfiguring Time: Understanding Time in the Light of the Orthodox Tradition - Softcover

Clement, Olivier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565486803 ISBN 13: 9781565486805

Publisher: New City Press, 2019

Synopsis

Clement's Transfiguring Time is an early work, written when he was 37. It carries all the excitement of his fresh encounter with Orthodoxy and the Fathers of the Christian Church. He draws on his deep study of Hinduism, Buddhism and Indian myths to differentiate the understanding of time and eternity in archaic religions, in Hinduism and in Buddhism, from the Christian and specifically Orthodox understanding of time and eternity. This new translation - the first one in English - wants to bring Clement's early work to a new generation of readers.

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About the Author

Olivier-Maurice Clément (1921-2009) was one of the foremost Orthodox theologians of the 20th century. He actively promoted the reunification of Christians (he was friends with Pope John Paul II), dialogue between Christians and people of other beliefs, and the engagement of Christian thinkers with modern thought and society. As a history professor, he taught at the Louis-le-Grand lyceum in Paris for a long time. As a professor of the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Institut Saint-Serge) he became one of the most highly regarded witnesses to Orthodox Christianity, as well as one of the most prolific. He was a founder of the Orthodox Fellowship in Western Europe, and was the author of thirty books on the life, thought and history of the Orthodox Church, and their meeting with other Christians, the non-Christian religions and modernity. He was responsible for the theological journal, Contacts, and became a Doctor honoris causa at the Institute for theology in Bucharest and at the Catholic University in Louvain.

Edition details

• Publisher: New City Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565486803
• ISBN 13: 9781565486805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178