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Desired Articles
Books:
Forthcoming:
"Wealth, Povery, and the Value of the Person: Some Notes on the Hymn of the Pearl and Its Early Christian Context," in Susan R. Holman (ed.), Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society. Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic 2008)
Works in Progress:
Origen, Man of Steel: The Philosophical Theology of the First Christian Neoplatonist. monograph.
Christian Neoplatonism (Article for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Additional Publications:
Articles:
"The Gnostic Variations," and "The Concepts of Orthodoxy and Heresy," two
articles for the ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia.
"'Likeness to God as Far as Possible': Deification Doctrine in Iamblichus and Three Eastern Christian Fathers," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Theology and Philosophy, vol. 3, no. 1 (Fall 2005).
"Evagrius Ponticus and the Condemnation of Origen," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, vol. 2, no. 3 (Spring 2005) – as Member of Editorial Staff.
"Kerygma and Dogma: A Post-Modern Perspective," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Theology and Philosophy, vol 2, no. 2 (Winter 2004/5)– as Member of Editorial Staff.
"The Christian Neoplatonism of St. Maximus the Confessor," in
Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Philosophy and Theology, vol.6, no. 3 (July - September 2004).
"Some Notes on Orthodox Ethics and Existential Authenticity," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, vol. 1, no. 3 (Spring 2004) – as Member of Editorial Staff.
"On Time and the Calendar in Orthodox Liturgical Theology: Some Historical Observations," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, vol. 1, no. 2 (Winter 2003/4) – as Member of Editorial Staff.
"Defining Orthodoxy: Is It Possible?" in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 2003) – as Member of Editorial Staff.
"Economy and Canon Law," in Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy, vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 2003) – as Member of Editorial Staff.
"'The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion': The Christian Neo-Platonism of St. Maximus Confessor," in Neoplatonism Online Journal no. 2 (January 2003).
"Origen of Alexandria and Apokatastasis: Some Notes on the Development of a Noble Notion," in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 1 (Winter 2003).
"De-Mything the Logos: Anaximander’s Apeiron and the Incarnation," in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Philosophy and Theology, vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 2002).
"Gnosticism," "Neo-Platonism," "Plotinus," "Origen," "Middle Platonism," (five articles) in Feiser, Dowden, ed., The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"A Phenomenology Without Reserve: A 'Post-modern' Reading of the Stoic Theory of Knowledge," in Symposium: Journal of the Canadian Society for Hermeneutics and Postmodern Thought, vol. 5, no. 1 (Spring 2001).
"Gnosis," "Improvisation," "Phenomenology." Entries for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Postmodernism. Edited by Victor E.Taylor and Charles Winquist. Routledge. 2001.
"The End of Philosophy and the Culmination of Ethics: Some Remarks on Stoic Cosmo-Ethicology," in The Stoic Voice, vol. 1, no. 7 (August 2000).
Book Reviews:
Malcolm Schofield, Plato (in series ed. M. Philp, Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought, Oxford University Press 2006) -- for Bryn Mawr Classical Review
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2007/2007-05-17.html
David Ivan Rankin, From Clement to Origen: The Social and Historical Context of the Church Fathers, (London: Ashgate 2006)
-- in Theandros (Spring/Summer 2007)
http://www.theandros.com/review-rankin.html
Frederica Mathewes-Green, (joint review with Mary C. Sheridan) The Lost Gospel of Mary: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts (Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press, 2007) -- for Theandros (Spring/Summer 2007)
http://www.theandros.com/review-matgreene2.html
Karen L. King, What Is Gnosticism? (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2004) -- in The Classical Bulletin 82.2 (2007).
Angelo di Berardino (ed.), Adrian Walford (tr.), Patrology: The Eastern Fathers from the Council of Chalcedon (451) to John of Damascus (+750) (Cambridge: James Clark 2006) -- in Theandros (Fall 2006)
http://www.theandros.com/review-patro.html
Jostein Børtnes, Tomas Hägg, Gregory of Nazianzus: Images and Reflections (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press 2006) -- in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 09.07 (2006)
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2006/2006-09-07.html
Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy, ed. J. Miller, B. Inwood (New York: Cambridge University Press 2003) --
The Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 224 (July 2006).
Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
(Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 2005) -- Theandros Spring 2006.
Martin C. Albl (tr.), Pseudo-Gregory of Nyssa: Testimonies Against the Jews
(Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature 2004) -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review, July 2005,
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-07-28.html
R.C. Bartlett (tr.), Plato: "Protagoras" and "Meno"
(Ithaca: Cornell University Press 2004) -- in Philosophy in Review,
vol. 24, no. 5, October 2004.
R. Dufour, Plotinus: A Bibliography 1950-2000 (Leiden: Brill 2002) -- in
Bryn Mawr Classical Review, September, 2004, http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2004/2004-09-34.html
Conference Papers:
"Christ as Demiurge: The Platonic Sources of Origen's Logos Theology in the Commentary on John", paper for the panel of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, American Philosophical Assocation conference (Baltimore, December 2007).
"Not every sin is a sickness: Origen on Spiritual Health," paper for the conference "Sickness and Healing in the Patristic Period," Pappas Patristic Institute, Holy Cross School of Greek Orthodox Theology (Brookline, MA, October 2007).
"Eutyches Reconsidered: Some notes on a Christology (ill-)conceived," paper for the XV International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford), August 6-11, 2007.
"'I will say anything rather than call providence evil': Basilides on Suffering and Fate." Paper for the Pappas Patristic Institute Conference on "Evil and Suffering in the Patristic Period" (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA), October 12-14, 2006.
"Plato and Early Christian Theology: A Problematical Partnership," paper for the Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (Quebec City, Canada, June 16-28, 2006).
"The Legacy of Neoplatonic Theology in Orthodox Christianity," paper for the
2005 conference of the American Academy of Religion and Society
for Biblical Literature (Philadelphia, November 19-25, 2005).
"Gnosticism and the Meaning of Wealth and Poverty in Early Christianity,"
paper for the Second Annual Conference of the Pappas Patristic
Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
(Brookline, MA, October 13-15, 2005).
"Monophysitism and the Evolution of Theological Discourse in Christian Neoplatonism", paper for the Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (New Orleans, June 22-26, 2005).
"The Neopythagorean Influence on Origen's De Principiis," paper for the Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies University of Liverpool, June 2004.
"The Christian Neoplatonism of St. Maximus Confessor," paper presented at the Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, New Orleans 2003.
"Kenotic Consummation of the Logos: the Pauline Reply to Gnostic Mytho-Poesy," paper presented at The Neoplatonic Conference, University of Maine (Orono) 2002.
"Salvation and the Human Ideal: Plato, Plotinus, Origen," paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the Ancient Philosophy Society, Villanova University 2001.
"The True Ion," paper presented at the conference The Second Sailing: Plato for the New Millennium, Lewis University (Chicago) 1999.
Other Organizational Affiliations:
The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies: http://www.isns.us/
American Academy of Religion: http://www.aarweb.org
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