E.C.S.O.C
E.C.S.O.C
Evangelical Center for the study of Orthodox Christianity
Evangelicals & Orthodox: Where We Agree, Where We Disagree and How To Engage
Saturday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. (Greek time)
Gavin Ortlund (Ph.D)
with a response by Fr Demetrios Bathrellos (Ph.D)
Recent Lectures:
One of the initiatives of our center is the organization of three lectures per year that belong to three main series: the Engaging Eastern Orthodox Theology Series, the Dialogue Series, and the Patristic Series.
The Institute for the Study of Eastern Orthodox Christianity is an initiative of the First Greek Evangelical Church (Athens, Greece) and the City to City Balkans network, aiming at studying Eastern Orthodox theology in order to understand it beyond any stereotype and in an authentic way, and interact with it providing an evangelical perspective.
Dialogue Series – Topic: “Soviet Political Religion and Its Post-Soviet Reincarnations”
Monday, February 5 | 8 p.m. (Greek time - EST) Presentation summary: The ongoing war in Ukraine is...
Reformed Theosis? Jonathan Edwards’s vision of partaking in the divine nature
Monday, November 27, 2023 | 8 p.m. (Greek time - EST) About the webinar: Theosis (deification) is...
The Formation of Catechesis in the Patristic Era
Monday, October 16, 2023 | 8 p.m. (Greek time - EEST) About the webinar: It is no accident that...
ECSOC’s
Initiatives:
Lectures
We are organizing several Lectures / Webinars under three main categories.
The Engaging Eastern Orthodox Theology Series:
These lectures will be given by Evangelical theologians and will cover topics related to Orthodox theology.
The Dialogue Series:
These lectures will be given by Orthodox theologians. Evangelical theologians will be invited to respond.
The Patristic Series:
As the patristic tradition is recognised to be the possession of the “catholic” church, in these lectures we will have non-orthodox scholars engaging with the work of the Fathers.
Panels
We are organizing online panels where Evangelical theologians from Eastern Orthodox Majority countries will discuss topics related to Orthodox theology, taking into account the specific context in which it is applied and is fleshed out.
Reviews / Short Papers
Our goal is to offer reviews from an evangelical perspective on important and contemporary books and texts written by Orthodox theologians. At the same time, we will post short papers written by our coworkers on issues of Orthodox theology.
Research
We are gathering a collection of books on Eastern Orthodox theology so researchers can have access to a bibliography that would be as complete as possible.
Reviews – Papers:
Reviews – Papers from an evangelical perspective on important and contemporary books and texts written by Orthodox theologians.
Review of Behr John, The Way to Nicaea. Formation of Christian Theology, Volume 1. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001.
Over two decades have passed since the publication of John Behr’s The Way to Nicaea, the first installment in his Formation of Christian Theology series (followed by volume 2: The Nicene...
Review of Louth Andrew, Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2013
Review of Louth Andrew, Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2013 As many have observed, the basic difficulty of dialogue between Eastern and Western...
Review of Marcus Plested, Wisdom in the Christian Tradition: The Patristic Roots of Modern Russian Sophiology
Review of Marcus Plested, Wisdom in the Christian Tradition: The Patristic Roots of Modern Russian Sophiology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022). Marcus Plested’s Wisdom in the...
Fr. Vasileios Thermos, Is a beneficial influence of Protestantism on the Orthodox Church possible?
Fr. Vasileios Thermos, Is a beneficial influence of Protestantism on the Orthodox Church possible? Theologia 90, 1 (2019), 61-89.[1] Summary (pp. 88-89). This article examines two...
The Problem is the Problem…
Modern Approaches to the Problem of the Fall in the Context of Greek Orthodox Theology. By Giotis Kantartzis, Pastor of the First Greek Evangelical Church of Athens The thesis of this...
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