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63Orthodoxy and Interreligious DialogueStudia Oecumenica 29 (1): 191-209. 2023.The interreligious dialogue has a very important place in all the meeting agendas from all over the world, regardless the topic addressed. Having a concrete dynamic, this kind of theological problematic follows the general spiritual movement of communities and their unresolved necessities. Although the interreligious dialogue has an old history, it developed today on the basis of actual issues of violence and disagreements between peoples. Therefore, because religion has an essential place in th…Read more
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105With a history of 2000 years, the dialogue between Orthodoxy and Judaism experienced difficult times that have left deep scars in the hearts of the followers of the two religions. In the modern and contemporary period, without forgetting the past, it is trying to find bridges between the two religions with the purpose to help the faithful to respond responsibly to the challenges of the present and future. The themes that have been analyzed in the past are of a great interest to our times: the re…Read more
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113Concepte Deschise: Simbolul Între Istoria Religiilor Și Teologie. Mircea Eliade - Alexander SchmemannIn SIMPOZIONUL NAȚIONAL „CONSTANTIN NOICA”, Ediția a VI-a, „CONCEPTE DESCHISE”, Editura Academiei Române. pp. 234-247. 2014.Simbolismul religios a trezit mereu interesul cercetătorilor din domenii diferite de activitate, lumea întreagă reprezentând un mare simbol ce trebuie să fie descifrat. În dorința de a înțelege sensurile universului înconjurător, oamenii de știință au folosit descoperirile din domenii conexe pentru a-și formula propriile teorii. În acest sens, se pot realiza conexiuni pertinente între felurile în care istoricul religiilor Mircea Eliade și teologul ortodox Alexander Schmemann au definit simbolul …Read more
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158The Implications of Mircea Eliade’s Approach on Sacred for Contemporary WorldIn Anthropology, Archaeology, History & Philosophy Conference Proceedings, Stef92 Technology. pp. 741-748. 2015.Mircea Eliade’s ideas developed in the scientific and literary works had considerable influence over the past century, both among historians of religions, imposing the discipline that he promoted in many prestigious universities from America and from around the world, and among other researchers in related fields of the history of religions. The question today is about what is left of Eliade’s work after a careful analysis according to the grids of thought of our century. The question that has n…Read more
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318Coincidentia oppositorum de la Sfântul Dionisie Areopagitul la Mircea EliadeIn Teologie și filosofie în opera Sf. Dionisie Areopagitul, Ed. Mitropolia Olteniei. pp. 287-398. 2012.Coincidenţa contrariilor reprezintă un punct esenţial în gândirea umanităţii, echivalând, în cele din urmă, cu dorinţa omului de a aduna într-un tot unitar pe cele ce se opun în univers. Această preocupare a stat la baza scrierilor unor gânditori importanţi, între care se numără Sfântul Dionisie Areopagitul, Meister Eckhart, Nicolaus Cusanus sau Mircea Eliade. Deşi au scris în perioade de timp diferite şi au aparţinut unor tradiţii diferite, operele lor stau mărturie faptului că motivul coincide…Read more
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134Un filosof şi istoric al religiilor despre un sfânt: Însemnările lui Mircea Eliade cu privire la Sf. Grigorie Palama şi la isihasmIn TEOLOGIE ŞI VIAŢĂ ISIHASTĂ ȊN OPERA SF. GRIGORIE PALAMA, Editura Mitropolia Olteniei. pp. 343-372. 2010.În lucrarea noastră despre însemnările lui Mircea Eliade cu privire la Sfântul Grigorie Palama şi la isihasm am încercat să propunem o altfel de abordare a învăţăturii ortodoxe, aşa cum a fost ea formulată în secolul al paisprezecelea. Dacă abordarea teologică este cea care scoate la iveală frumuseţea învăţăturii ortodoxe, ideile Sfântului Grigorie Palama fiind o continuare a tradiţiei creştine din primele secole, încercarea de a compara aceste învăţături, ca şi a tradiţiei isihaste, cu alte înv…Read more
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118Pagini din contribuțiile revistei Mitropolia Olteniei aduse studiului Istoriei și filosofiei religiilorRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 141-160. 2013.With a length of over 60 years (first issue appeared in 1950), the magazine ,,Mitropolia Olteniei” had an important contribution to the study of history and philosophy of religions. In this review have been approached numerous issues of dogmatic theology, moral, religious and history and philosophy of religions. This study approached topics ranging from religions of Dacians and neighboring peoples to the important topics as inter-religious dialogue for modern society. If publications are spread …Read more
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277The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, Editor in Chief – istorie, aprecieri, criticiRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 2 (5-8): 47-68. 2022.The monumental Encyclopedia of Religion (16 volumes), whose editor-in-chief was Mircea Eliade and which appeared in 1987, did not enjoy a welcome as expected, criticisms soon coming from researchers in several scientific fields. These criticisms related to the method used and the deep imprint that Eliade had on the work. The opinions echoed earlier criticisms of Eliade and his research method with reference to the field of History of Religions. If in the middle of the last century Eliade was con…Read more
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247Poziţia ortodoxă faţă de dialogul interreligios. Dialogul cu islamulRevista Teologică 92 (92): 203-218. 2010.Key words: inter-religious dialogue, Islam, Christianity, World Council of Churches, bilateral meetings. Summary: The inter-religious dialogue represents a necessity of our time. Apart from the issues that have arisen during the debates, each participant understands its necessity. The Orthodox Churches have always been involved in inter-religious meetings and the voices of their spokesmen have always been heard, calling their partners to draw their attention to the major issues. Within the frame…Read more
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PARADIGMA CREŞTINĂ A UNEI EUROPE UNITE. Educaţia religioasă – valori, exigenţe, finalităţi (edited book)Editura Mitropolia Olteniei. 2017.
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166The Criticism of Paganism in the Work Ten Books for the Christian Faith against the Emperor Julian by Saint Cyril of AlexandriaTHE CHRISTIAN PARADIGM OF A UNITED EUROPE Theologie and Mystique in the Work of Saint Cyril of Alexandria 1 (1): 111-123. 2015.From the above lines one can see that St. Cyril of Alexandria is presented, along with a great theologian, as it is clear from the writings against the heretics of his time, like a true apologist for Christianity with paganism dispute that resurfaced after Emperor Julian, the Apostate. On the other hand, the writing of the Orthodox Patriarch proves to be of great importance in understanding the difficulties experienced by the Christian faith in a territory where paganism flourished from time to …Read more
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110DE LA EDINBURGH 1910 LA EDINBURGH 2010. LUCRĂRILE COMISIEI A IV-AAnalele Universităţii Din Craiova, Seria Istorie 20 (2): 299-315. 2011.In 1910, delegates from all over the World met together for ten days in Edinburgh, for the First World Missionary Conference. For many people, these conferences marked the first step of the end of the colonial missionary era. The importance of Edinburgh 1910 must be seen in the following the conference. On the 6th of August 2010, the Committee in charge with organizing the meeting, celebrated a century from the first missionary Conference in Edinburgh and presented the conclusions of these meeti…Read more
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175Privire ortodoxă asupra provocărilor intercreştine şi interreligioase din România actualăRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 2 (5-8): 72-90. 2020.According to our understanding, when we discuss about the religious life in Romania, one must take into account, first of all, the characteristics of this people, its culture and traditions that are over two millennia old. The similarities and differences with the organization and functioning of other religious systems in Europe and around the world cannot and must not exclude the defining elements of a people that has asserted its origins and defended its spiritual integrity over the centuries.…Read more
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376Momente tensionate în cadrul dialogului modern dintre creștini și musulmaniMitropolia Olteniei 1 (1-4): 94-105. 2018.Besides dialogue with the Jews, Christians were most involved in the dialogue with Muslims. This dialogue was accentuated and became visible especially in modern and contemporary times, with the increase in violence, which had often religious justifications on the part of those involved. The dialogue between Christians and Muslims took a new direction after the attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York and after those that followed in Europe and all over the world. It was discussed in those day…Read more
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316Impactul fenomenului migraţiei asupra dialogului interreligios. Perspectivă ortodoxăRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 109-121. 2019.The current phenomenon of migration is a consequence of contemporary globalization, having a major impact on interreligious dialogue. In the beginning of our article, we give a short introduction regarding the most major migrations in the Christian history. We can say today there is no nation on earth that has not experienced migration. Within the Orthodox world, we speak about migration using the word diaspora, those who are outside the national territory of the Church. In connection with the p…Read more
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116Istoria credinţelor şi ideilor religioase, opus magnum eliadianRevista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 82-92. 2021.The History of Religious Beliefs and Ideas represents the Eliadian opus magnum, as the Romanian scholar notes in the pages of his Journal. The work, published in three volumes, contains, from a historical perspective, the ideas about the sacred and the profane that Eliade developed in previous works from a phenomenological perspective. Although criticisms have been leveled at Mircea Eliade’s presentation of religious data in this monumental work, The History of Religious Beliefs and Ideas remain…Read more
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425Se poate vorbi despre o „ciocnire a civilizaţiilor” în secolul XXI ?Revista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 70-84. 2020.Nowadays, in the context of the growing migration of the Muslim population in Europe, caused by the wars in Syria and other areas, the question is increasingly being asked whether there is a danger of „Islamization of Europe” following the „clash of civilizations”. The last formula is not new. It created a real dispute in the past. But the discussions must also take into account other questions that are currently being asked: is there still a Christian Europe? Is it possible to speak of an intri…Read more
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262Este hermeneutica o metodă actuală în studiul Istoriei religiilor ?Revista Mitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 119-138. 2018.In this academic article, we articulate the relation between hermeneutics as a method and History of Religion as a study filed. In introduction, the word hermeneutics is explained both from an etymological point of view and from a mythological one. Throughout history, theologians and historians used this concept in their research. In special, the author Mircea Eliade, as an historian, used in his studies about religion the method of hermeneutics. We present in a creative way the most important c…Read more
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117Despărțirea de maeștri. Creştinismul lui Mircea Eliade în viziunea lui I.P. CulianuMitropolia Olteniei 1 (1-4): 229-241. 2011.Many pages have been written about the relationship between Mircea Eliade and I.P. Culianu, but the subject is still open for the future. The master-disciple relationship they established during the time was often scattered with moments of tension. Anyway, every time we remember the name Culianu, it will stand beside his master’s name from Chicago, whose place he took after the latter’s disappearance. The way in which Christianity is analyzed in their work occupies a certain place. And thus, bec…Read more
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254ORTHODOXY, PLURALISM AND GLOBALIZATIONOrthodox Theology in Dialogue 7 (7): 94-113. 2021.From a religious point of view, pluralism refers both to the pluralism of religions; a type of reality present throughout the world, and to the pluralism of the possibilities of religious engagement in solving the problems that people’s lives raise. Pluralism is closely linked to current democratic systems and regimes that place particular emphasis on freedom and equality, integrating diversity and differences of all types. The process of globalization is dual in its nature, and it can be both p…Read more
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363Fenomenul religios între filozofie și teologieRevista Teologică 95 (4): 85-104. 2013.În anul 1942 Pr. D. Stăniloae publica cartea Poziţia Domnului Blaga faţă de Creştinism şi Ortodoxie, o „reacţie” la ideile pe care filozoful Lucian Blaga le formulase în cărţile sale, mai ales în Trilogii. Atitudinea Pr. Stăniloae nu este singulară, dar este cea care a stârnit controverse dintre cele mai interesante. Ideile de bază ale acestei cărţi, ca şi ale articolelor ce s-au scris după, au în centrul lor definirea religiei şi caracteristicile fenomenului religios, poziţiile fiind diferite: …Read more
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512Cultura și spiritualitatea românească între Orient și Occident în viziunea Pr. Dumitru StăniloaeIn Lucian Dindirică Nicolae Răzvan Stan (ed.), PĂRINTELE PROFESOR DUMITRU STĂNILOAE SAU CONSONANŢA DINTRE DOGMĂ, SPIRITUALITATE ŞI LITURGHIE, Editura Cetatea De Scaun, Editura Mitropolia Olteniei. pp. 344-378. 2015.Lucrările în care Pr. Dumitru Stăniloae analizează spiritualitatea românească, fie că este vorba de cele din perioada interbelică sau de cele de dinainte şi după 1989, reprezintă încercări ale marelui teolog, o voce respectate în toate mediile culturale din ţară şi străinătate, de a schiţa caracteristicile esenţiale ale poporului român şi drumul pe care acesta trebuie să-l urmeze în cadrul noilor structuri europene fără a-şi pierde identitatea culturală şi spirituală. Ideile Pr. Stăniloae trebui…Read more
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152Aspecte ale educației religioase în România. Asemănări şi deosebiri cu modele europeneIn Adrian Boldişor Adrian Ivan & Adrian Boldișor (eds.), PARADIGMA CREŞTINĂ A UNEI EUROPE UNITE. Educaţia religioasă – valori, exigenţe, finalităţi, Editura Mitropolia Olteniei. pp. 116-131. 2017.The analysis performed in connection with religious education in Romania has pointed out that after fatal atheist communist period in which religious denominations were excluded from social life and religious education was restricted and then completely excluded from public education in most cases being only present in families who passed it on ancestral beliefs, in our time, with the establishment of democratic regime in Romania, religion has regained the place it deserves in society. In the la…Read more
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118Relația maestru-discipol în Istoria și filosofia religiilorMitropolia Olteniei 2 (5-8): 102-116. 2013.The master-disciple relationship has raised up over time a great interest among researchers who were bent both on areas of secular life and those interreligious life. A brief look in to the history and philosophy of religion reveals that masters and disciples were present in each cultural and religious area. The relationship that has been established between them has depended on the nature of the religion in the midst of which was manifested. The fact that the same relationship is also found in …Read more
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157Locul sincretismului religios în Istoria religiilor și pericolele lui pentru lumea contemporanăMitropolia Olteniei 3 (9-12): 116-138. 2012.The Syncretism, specific of old and new religious currents, is a phenomenon closely linked to millenarian movements and the emergence of so-called prophets that say that transmit divine messages being dependent at the same time, important social changes, economic political and, not least, religious. In the history of religions, syncretism is determined by several factors, among which are the changes in social, political, economic, and new philosophical and religious synthesis, the term acquiring…Read more
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179Human Rights in Orthodoxy and Islam. A Comparative ApproachReview of Ecumenical Studies 1 (1): 116-133. 2015.In a world where increasingly more voices from different geographical areas talk speak about equality between people, religions are called to uphold and preach human dignity and rights of all people, without taking account of race, sex or religion. In the interreligious dialog, the meetings between representatives of Christianity and Islam have multiplied considerably and they deal with themes analyzing preaching and defending human rights at all levels of life. From the preceding discussion it …Read more
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169ANTHROPOLOGICAL 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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University of CraiovaSenior Lecturer
Craiova, DJ, Romania
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