This book presents the first debate between the Anglo-Catholic movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common point of reference in this encounter. Both Radical and Eastern Orthodoxy agree that the transfiguration of the world through the Word is at the very centre of the Christian faith. The book explores how this process of transformation can be envisaged with regard to epistemological, ontological, aesthetical, ecclesiological and political questions. Contributors to this volume include Rowan Williams, John Milbank, Antoine Arjakovsky, Michael Northcott, Nicholas Loudovikos, Andrew Louth and Catherine Pickstock.

Introduction Transfiguring the World through the Word, Adrian Pabst, Christopstoph Schneider; Part I Sophia, Theology and Philosophy; Chapter 1 Glorification of the Name and Grammar of Wisdom (Sergii Bulgakov and Jean-Marc Ferry), Antoine Arjakovsky; Commentary, Rowan Williams; Chapter 2 Sophiology and Theurgy: The New Theological Horizon, John Milbank; Commentary, Antoine Arjakovsky, Adrian Pabst; Part II Sophia, Politics and Ecclesiology; Chapter 3 The Metaphysics of Hope and the Transfiguration of Making in the Market Empire, Michael Northcott; Chapter 4 Wisdom and the Art of Politics, Adrian Pabst; Part III Ontology, East and West; Chapter 5 Ontology Celebrated: Remarks of an Orthodox on Radical Orthodoxy, Nicholas Loudovikos; Commentary Ecumenical Orthodoxy - A Response to Nicholas Loudovikos, John Milbank; Chapter 6 Kenosis, Poiesis and Genesis: Or the Theological Aesthetics of Suffering, Graham Ward; Commentary Silence, Intellect and Discourse in the Quest for the True Teaching - Reflections on Hermes Trismegistos' 'Definitions' 22 The author expresses his gratitude to Christoph Schneider for his invitation to take part in this exchange and to the Rev. Peter F. Johnson, Charles Lock and John Lindsay Opie for helping the author improve his English style., Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev; Chapter 7 The Beatific Vision of St Thomas Aquinas 1 Much of the most recent scholarship on the beatific vision has been French. The longest and most sustained treatment is that given by Christian Trottman, La Vision Béatifique, des disputes scholastiques à sa définition par Benoît XII (Rome, 1995). See also his Théologie et Noétique au XIII Siècle (Paris, 1999). Important works also include Pierre-Yves Maillard, La Vision de Dieu Chez Thomas D'Aquin (Paris, 2001). Jean-Pierre Torrell, Recherches Thomasiennes (Paris, 2000) especially chapter V. See also Aletheia, the special issue on Nature et Grâce, 19, June (2001). And also Otto-Hermann Pesch and Jean-Marie Van Cangh, Béatitude eschatologique et bonheur humain (Paris, 2005). In English see also Anna N. Williams, The Ground of Union: Deification in Aquinas and Palmas (Oxford, 1999)., Phillip Blond; Part IV Orthodoxy and Transfiguration; Chapter 8 Space, Time and the Liturgy, Andrew Louth; Commentary Liturgical Twilight - A Footnote to Andrew Louth, Catherine Pickstock; Chapter 9 Wisdom in the Fathers: An (Eastern) Orthodox Perspective, Marcus Plested; Chapter 10 The Theologico-Political Constitution of Monastic Liturgy, Mihail Neamtu; Chapter 11 The Transformation of Eros: Reflections on Desire in Jacques Lacan, Christoph Schneider;