Relational Ontology

by Christos Yannaras

How is the person constituted? Is there a transcendent cause of existence? Starting from these questions, Christos Yannaras explores what we know about ourselves as willing, thinking, sexual beings, and suggests how we can overcome the predeterminations of nature to enter into a different mode of existence, a mode that enables us ultimately to share in the personal otherness of divine being. This book builds on the notion of the human person that Yannaras has already established in his previous works and develops it further in exciting new ways.

Genres: Philosophy, Religion, Theology

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Christos Yannaras (Greek: Χρήστος Γιανναράς) was a Greek philosopher, Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of more than 50 books which have been translated into many languages. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.

Reviews

[Ejansand]

This is a book that does not just provide theoretical interest, but has a deep application to one’s own life. While Yannaras couches his analyses in dense theoretical language, he uses that language to make practical, almost self-evident points that diagnose many of the current ills of the world at large.

Yannaras deserves wider readership and consideration, and I look forward to continue reading his work.

[Matt Burget]

Incredible thesis that deserves wider attention in religious and philosophical communities. Definitely would recommend reading this text first before diving into other books by Yannaras.

[Scott]

Beauty as invitation-to-relationship...honoring the other while receiving access to the otherness of the other...God as understood only as relationship versus syllogism..all within these pages. A lovely one to pair with Luce Irigaray's "The Way of Love" and "To be Two."