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Savvas Agouridis (ed), Orthodox Spirituality. Chistianity – Marxism, Thessaloniki Theologians’ Seminar no. 2, Thessaloniki 1968, 244 pages.

The 2^nd volume of the “Thessaloniki Theologians’ Seminar” is divided in two parts. The first includes 5 presentations regarding the topic “Orthodox Spirituality” and the second 4 on the topic “Christianity and Marxism”.

1^st part: Fr. Symeon Kragiopoulos presents the general lines on which the original Christian spirituality found its expression in the Church in the 4^th century. In this framework he comparatively examines the teaching for spiritual life of Evagrios Pontikos and Makarios of Egypt, which constituted the two basic spiritual movements of the 4^th century.

Georgios Matzaridis presents Orthodox spirituality and theology according to the teaching of St. Gregorios Palamas. In the first part of the presentation he examines briefly the teaching of St. Gregorios on hesychasm and the theory about the glory of God and in the second he describes his teaching on the meaning and the content of the true theology.

Nikolaos Zacharopoulos deals with the issue of spiritual life as described in the writings of St. Nikodimos of Mount Athos, but also from witnesses of his era. In this framework he registers the saint’s views on the knowledge of God and the capability of humans to possess it, while he traces his theology on the Kollyvadic dispute.

Antonios – Aimilios Tachiaos examines the spiritual movements in Slavic Orthodoxy of the 18^th and the 19^th centuries. In sequence he offers the movements that developed in Serbia, Bulgaria and Russia, which came about from the meeting of two trends, the Orthodox spiritual tradition and the new ideas of the French Enlightenment, which prevailed in this particular era.

The last presentation of the 1^st part is by Nikolaos Matsoukas. Here he refers to the content of Orthodox spirituality and the characteristics of modern humans. In the first part he analyses the fundamental points of Orthodox spirituality and in the second the elements and trends in modern spiritual life, as well as the position of Orthodoxy in the modern world.

2^nd part: Savvas Agouridis negotiates the issue of Marxist theorising of History and its meaning. He briefly presents basic points of Marxist thought on the engagement, the understanding and the scope of History and juxtaposes it with the Christian theorizing of History.

Nikolaos Matsoukas examines from the theological point of view certain fundamental views of Marxist theory about the origin and the nature of religion, such as those expressed in the work of I. Kordatos Ancient Religions and Christianity.

Vasilios Stogiannos expounds and offers a theological critique of Marxist views about the origin of Christianity. In the first part of the presentation he summarises the problem in general, in the second he systematically presents views and his critique and in the third an interpretation of Marxist positions together with his conclusions.

The last text of the 2^nd part is authored by Georgios A. Tsananas, who examines critically the work of A.F. Sishkin on Marxist Ethics. The first part of the study presents the basic points of Ethics and in the second, the critique of some fundamental points and their examination from the point of view of Christian Ethics.

Evanthia Adamtziloglou, Women in the Theology of Saint Paul. A Hermeneutical Analysis of A Cor. 11, 2-16 (Ph.D. Thesis), Academic Register of the Department of Theology, of the Theological School, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki. Addendum Number 62 of Volume 29, Thessaloniki: 1989.

This work constitutes a doctoral thesis approved by the Department of Theology of the Theological School of the Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki. It examines the hermeneutical approach of A’ Cor. 11,2-16 with particular emphasis on the expression “the head of the woman is the man” (“κεφαλή δε γυναικός ο ανήρ”).

The work comprises of two parts: the first presents the theological presuppositions for understanding Paul’s theological thought and the second includes the passage’s interpretation, which aims to explain, as much as possible, Paul’s thought so as to offer responses to the questions that arise from the passage, its reading by the Church and generally its influence on the role of women in the first and modern Christian societies.

In the first chapter of the first part Evanthia Adamtziloglou deals with women in the Greek-Roman environment of Saint Paul and the Church of Corinth. In the second chapter she examines biblical creation and references on women in Mystical Literature. In the fourth chapter she refers extensively to rabbi theology and concludes the first part by presenting the views of Philon and the Gnostics on the creation of humans.

Having provided readers with a complete picture of philosophical and religious facts and presuppositions for understanding the passage, the author then moves on to the hermeneutical analysis. To begin with, she examines the context in which the passage is located, that is the philological and theological unity of the Epistle to Corinthians. She analyses the new theological context of the creation of humans and the position of the two sexes in it and St. Paul’s social, religious, moral and theological arguments about the position of the two sexes in worship. She introduces a problematic about the responsibilities of women in the allocation of Christ’s power to men and theorises theologically women’s contribution in biological life and addresses philosophically the argument about the covering and the possibility of revising it. She concludes with an investigation into the ecumenical tenability of the position of the sexes in worship according to ecclesiastical tradition.

The thesis ends with conclusions-epilogue, a summation in German and an index of Holy Scripture passages, while the in beginning of the book there is extensive bibliography on the subject.

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