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9Education in Byzantine EmpireIn Konstantine Boudouris & Kostas Kalimtzis (eds.), PAIDEIA: Education in the Global Era II, Ionia Publications. pp. 112-122. 2008.This paper challenges the widespread Enlightenment view of Byzantium as a monster of human spirit showing that much of this bias is due to the generalizations drawn from unfounded analogies between the religious anti-intellectualism in the Latin West and its supposed counterpart in the Byzantine orthodoxy. It points to the first university that was founded in Constantinople and others that soon followed in other cities of Byzantium. Paideia represented the main thread of continuity with ancient …Read more
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37The eternally and uniquely beautiful: Dionysius the Areopagite’s understanding of the divine beautyInternational Journal of Philosophy and Theology 75 (3): 188-204. 2014.The famous and mysterious fifth century author, who wrote his works known as the Corpus Dionysiacum under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite, is one of the most controversial characters in the history of philosophy. His thought is well known for the concepts of apophatic and cataphatic theologies and hierarchy, as well as for his understanding of eros, beauty, and deification, which all greatly influenced the Areopagite’s posterity. His system is a successful amalgam of ancient philosophy…Read more
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Deification and Knowledge in DionysiusIn Dionysius the Areopagite between Orthodoxy and Heresy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 43-57. 2011.
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4Визуелни аспект обожења по Дионисију АреопагитуZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta 47 39-54. 2010.One of the thinkers who intellectually consolidated deification and gave it a solid doctrinal basis, which has remained fundamentally important until today, was (Pseudo)-Dionysius the Areopagite. His entire thought was dedicated to the deification of all creation, and ultimate goal was "the cloud of unknowing", in which the soul, following the ascending path of apophatic theology, reaches mystical union with God. The ascending process starts with material objects, symbols, through which God mani…Read more
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15The Ecclesiology of Dionysius the AreopagiteInternational Journal for the Study of the Christian Church 11 (1): 27-44. 2011.This article explores the ecclesiological views of Dionysius the Areopagite through the examination of his Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, where he discusses the hierarchical ranks and sacraments, and of his Letter VIII to monk Demophilus, which is important for Dionysius's understanding of hierarchical organisation and discipline. These issues are put in the context of other important questions of the Areopagite's thought, such as his symbolic theory, the character of deification and the role of know…Read more
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46De Potentia Dei: Some Western and Byzantine PerspectivesThe European Legacy 13 (1): 1-11. 2008.One of the questions that presented itself with the rise and development of the Christian faith was the problem of divine omnipotence. By resolving the problem of divine power, it became possible to explain many focal problems of mankind and the world, including, for example, the problem of the existence of evil, or of suffering. This article deals with two perspectives on this problem. Usually, the eleventh-century theologian Peter Damiani is pointed to as a pioneer and originator of the discus…Read more
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1Ancient EROS and Medieval AGAPE: the Concept of Love in Plato and Maximus the ConfessorIn Konstantinos Boudouris & Maria Adam (eds.), Greek Philosophy and the Issues of Our Age II, Ionia Publications. pp. 93-114. 2009.
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6Ancient Glory and New Mission: The Serbian Orthodox ChurchStudies in World Christianity 14 (3): 220-232. 2008.
Filip Ivanovic
Center for Hellenic Studies
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University of MontenegroAssistant Research Professor
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Center for Hellenic StudiesExecutive Director
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies
PhD, 2014