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160Preocupări culturale românești în Istoria Religiilor și în teologie: de la Mircea Eliade la Pr. Dumitru StăniloaeRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 1 (1-4): 184-206. 2014.Theology from Mircea Eliade to Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae When someone tries to present the spiritual characteristics of a people, his findings will be both appreciated and criticized. It is very difficult to talk about the people among whom you were born and have lived without falling into overrating or underestimation errors of the role and the place it had and it played in human history, in general, and that of each individual, in particular. From these positions, two of the brand personalities o…Read more
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142CONTRIBUȚIA IPS NESTOR VORNICESCU LA PROMOVAREA DIALOGULUI INTER-CREȘTIN ȘI INTER-RELIGIOS AVÂND ÎN CENTRU PROBLEMA PĂCIIIn Diac dr Ioniţă Apostolache (ed.), TEOLOGIE ŞI SLUJIRE PASTORALĂ ÎN VIAŢA ŞI OPERA MITROPOLIŢILOR FIRMILIAN MARIN ŞI NESTOR VORNICESCU. pp. 199-210. 2014.Volumul de articole, studii, cuvântări şi Pastorale publicat la Editura Mitropolia Olteniei din Craiova în anul 1986 trebuie văzut şi analizat, pentru o bună şi corectă înţelegere, în lumina vremurilor în care a apărut. În acelaşi timp, ideile pe care IPS Nestor Vornicescu, Arhiepiscopul Craiovei şi Mitropolitul Olteniei, le dezvoltă în scrierile sale sunt actuale şi după aproape 30 de ani de la strângerea lor între paginile aceleaşi cărţi, după ce văzuseră lumina tiparului cu ani în urmă în dif…Read more
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117În genul înțelepților... Mircea Eliade – Nicolae SteinhardtTabor 6 (8): 82-94. 2012.In this study, we want to analyze the relation between two Romanian internationally-renowned men of culture: Mircea Eliade (often considered one of the greatest historians of religion of all times) and Nicolae Steinhardt (whose name and memory have been mentioned by Pope John the Second in his visit in Romania). Though they had about the same age (a difference of 5 years), they had little connections in the interwar period (a few meetings and, later, Steinhardt’s volume The Way of… the Young [În…Read more
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204A CONTROVERSY: ELIADE AND ALTIZERIn Cristina Scarlat (ed.), MIRCEA ELIADE ONCE AGAIN, Editura Lumen. pp. 247-280. 2011.In these discussions between Mircea Eliade and Thomas Altizer we can recognise two important things: there are some points of contact between these two thinkers and some differences. The problem lies in determining whether or not these points of contact are simply two different ways of understanding the same concepts. On the one hand,“Death of God” theology was in vogue in the United States in the 1960s, but today has few adherents. However, a new evaluation of this theological movement is neces…Read more
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163ANTHROPOLOGICAL TOPICS IN THE INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. A Christian-Orthodox PerspectiveStudia Teologiczno-Historyczne 34 (34): 7-19. 2014.Interreligious dialogue is a constant on the agendas of the meetings of the organizations around the world, either religious or secular structures. Although in the past there were situations where its role and importance were contested bringing as arguments doctrinal or other reasons, interreligious dialogue is possible because, in essence, any dialogue involves people, so it is a human act. Man is fulfilled through dialogue, knowing better both himself and those around him. In interreligious di…Read more
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247Reflection on the Mission of the Orthodox Church after the Holy and Great Council of Crete. Inter-Christian and Inter-Religious PerspectivesOrthodox Theology in Dialogue 4 (4): 118-154. 2018.The Orthodox Church has been given the fullest of truth by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, truth honored and valued in the communion of the Saints. For men, to grasp divine truth is a progressive process part of a permanent development. Each and every person walks along this path together with other people, without being the same as the others. Every person is offered and understands truth according to their own religious experience and skills to understand. Ultimate truth exists and it has …Read more
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358Importance of the Sacrament of Baptism for the Contemporary World. The Orthodox PerspectiveStudia Teologiczno-Historyczne 39 (2): 85-99. 2019.Baptism has been a focus of significant discussion in the ecumenical movement, as the different churches seek a common understanding of Baptism, with the goal of mutual recognition. The Orthodox Church has been involved in these conversations from the beginning. The present article is an attempt to trace the participation of the Orthodox representatives in these dialogues on Baptism, both at the level of the World Council of Churches and in bilateral dialogues. It explains the Orthodox understan…Read more
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172Religious Implications of the Migration Phenomenon. An Orthodox PerspectiveRevista de Ştiinţe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (RSP) 46 (46): 208-217. 2015.From a problem that concerned only a small number of people, migration has become a constant concern both nationally and internationally. The concrete realities in different regions have become over time subjects of analysis and reflection in order to find solutions that meet the many theoretical and practical issues raised by migration. In Romania people are increasingly discussing about migration and its implications on all sectors of human life. In this context, the Romanian Orthodox Church i…Read more
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852RAPORTUL DINTRE HOMO RELIGIOSUS ȘI OMUL CREȘTIN ÎN GÂNDIREA LUI MIRCEA ELIADEAnalele Institutului de Isrorie G. Baritiu Din Cluj Napoca 8 (8): 235-250. 2010.This study is an analysis of the relationship between homo religiosus and the Christian man, as it emerges from Mircea Eliade’s work. His ideas concerning the dialectics sacred-profane are related to homo religiosus, the man of the traditional societies. According to Eliade’s vision, one can use the term homo religiosus only within the context of his universe. Many mythical themes are present in the modern world, but it is difficult to identify them, going through the process of desacralization.…Read more
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137Orthodoxy and Islam in the 18th Century. The Place and Role of Dimitrie Cantemir in this PeriodRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 86-95. 2016.The interreligious dialogue is not a new theme in the history of Christianity, the possibility of its realization being analyzed from the early centuries. Nowadays, the way that other religions are viewed has changed essentially, the religious, political, economic and social realities, being completely different than in the beginning. However, a correct handling of interreligious dialogue cannot disregard the past, more than that, the ideas from the works of the Holy Fathers, church writers, the…Read more
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167Orthodoxy and IslamStudia Oecumenica 16 (16): 401-419. 2016.Within the historical approach on interreligious dialogue, it should not be overlooked that the representatives of Orthodox Churches were actively involved in promoting and supporting interreligious dialogue by participating in the meetings that have focused on relations with people of other religions. In this context, the Orthodox Churches come with a whole tradition that stretches to the early centuries, the relations with Jews and Muslims being an integral part of the history of Orthodox Chri…Read more
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267Gospel and Culture. An Orthodox PerspectiveOrthodox Theology in Dialogue 6 (6): 53-69. 2020.Therefore, if a strict report is to be drawn, the Gospel always takes precedence over any older or newer culture. Contrarily, there is a danger that the Gospel turn into several “gospels”, one for each particular culture, becoming more a kind of human community’s aspiration, and not the message of Godʼs love for all people. That is why it is necessary to set the criteria for inculturation, that is, for the outcomes arising from the encounter between the Gospel and the cultures of the world…Read more
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833Importanța și actualitatea dialogului interreligios pentru lumea contemporană: istorie, perspecive, soluțiiEditura Mitropolia Olteniei. 2015.
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799Ortodoxia ieri, azi, mâine. Teme intercreștine și interreligioase pentru secolul XXIEditura Mitropolia Olteniei. 2019.
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18Myth in the Thought of Mircea EliadeDialogue and Universalism 25 (1): 99-103. 2015.The definition and the aspects of myth, regardless of the time in which they appeared and the religion in which they were known, is present in Eliade’s thought throughout his life and work. The myth talks about the outbreak and manifestation of the sacred in the world, underlying realities as we know them. The myth explains human existence. The man, imitating the divine model, is able to transcend the profane time, returning to the mythical time. The sacred is equivalent with the reality. It is …Read more
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652Sacrul de la Rudolf Otto la Mircea EliadeAnnals of the University of Craiova, Series: Philosophy 26 (2): 161-180. 2010.Between Mircea Eliade and Rudolf Otto many connections can be made concerning the idea of sacred. Even though, the scientist of Romanian origin perceives the sacred reality differently from the German theologian. If the latter puts an emphasis on the irrational side of the divine, the former argues that the sacred has to be perceived twofold: as irrational and rational in the same time, the concept of coincidentia oppositorum best embodying the sacred reality. The sacred’s materializations are t…Read more
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