For my Eastern Orthodox readers: Pemptousia, a journal about Culture, Science, and Religion, managed by the Friends of Vatopaidi Monastery, just published one of my articles: Penthos: The Lenten Journey To Joy It’s nothing scholarly, just a little reflection on Lent. The article was originally written during Lent 2009, for St. Luke Orthodox Church Newsletter, [...]
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
7 Mar
(2013) #13 review: Exploring The Inner Universe
Exploring the Inner Universe by Archimandrite Roman BRAGA 154 pages Published by HDM Press in 1996 This book counts for the following Reading Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I met Father Roman during a retreat at the Romanian monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Rives Junction, Michigan), where [...]
2 Mar
(2012) #10 Review: Saint Gregory Palamas As A Hagiorite
St. Gregory Palamas as a Hagiorite by Hierotheos Vlachos, Metropolitan of Nafpaktos 394 pages Published by Birth of Theotokos Monastery in 1997 This book counts for the following Reading Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I have to say I was disappointed by this book. I enjoy other books by this author, and [...]
1 Mar
February wrap-up
Ouch, February is already over, it didn’t make much of a difference of having an extra day, did it? At the reading level, I managed to reach 9 books, which is not bad for me, BUT I have not reviewed yet any of these 9 books, AND I still need to review 1 book read [...]
30 Sep
#71 Review: Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: the Life And Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica 206 pages Published by St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood in 2009 This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I went one Sunday to a very small Russian Orthodox parish [...]
6 Sep
August 2011 Wrap Up
Not sure why, but this month of August appears to have had a low reading average. I read 7 books,with a total of 1500 pages only, which is an average of 48.38 pages/day and listened to 2 audiobooks, with a total of 27 hours, which is an average of 52 mn/day Novellas: Of Mice And [...]
2 Aug
July 2011 Wrap Up
Looks like the reading index is in harmony with the heat index: this month of July has been my best of the year so far, with 10 books read, a total of 2524 pages, that is an average of 81.41 pages/day. On the other hand, I have not finished any audiobook in July, I’m still [...]
26 Jul
Review #56: Being As Communion
Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church by John ZIZIOULAS 260 pages Publication: 1985/1997 – St Vladimir’s Seminary Press This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I read this book many years ago in French, when I was Orthodox in heart. [...]
28 May
Excerpt from Being As Communion, by John Zizioulas
[With The Cappadocians,] the term hypostasis was dissociated from that of ousia and became identified with that of prosopon. But this latter term is relational, and was so when adopted in trinitarian theology. This meant that from now on a relational term entered into ontology and, conversely, that an ontological category such as hypostasis entered [...]
31 Mar
Read in March 2011
March has been flying so quickly, and I thought I had not read much this past month; this probably reflects my frustration when, after my morning online French tutoring, and my afternoon work at the library, I cannot enjoy a good few hours of leisurely reading because I have to work on some major translation [...]
25 Mar
Philokalia – Maximos the Confessor – excerpts
“The human intellect lacks the power to ascend and to participate in divine illumination, unless God Himself draws it up -in so far as this is possible for the human intellect- and illumines it with rays of divine light.” Maximos The Confessor, First Century on Theology #31, p.120 Philokalia vol.2 “When what has been created [...]
18 Mar
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 103/19-20
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 03/19-20/2011 The coolest readers I have ever had This week I don’t seem to have run into new exciting titles. So here is the top of my 2011 TBR list: Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett Swann’s Way, by Proust Tantalus and the pelican: exploring monastic spirituality today, by Buxton [...]
