%0 Journal Article
%T Revisiting the Agenda of the Orthodox Neo
%A Viorel Coman
%J The Downside Review
%@ 2397-3498
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0012580618770381
%X The Neo-Patristic movement¡¯s program to liberate Orthodox theology from the influences of Western scholasticism is one of the many reasons that explain the consolidation of anti-Western feelings in some Orthodox circles today. Although the basic principles of the Neo-Patristic movement could represent, if misunderstood, a source of inspiration for the fundamentalist groups, this article argues that the position of the Neo-Patristic direction vis-¨¤-vis the West cannot be reduced to its efforts to free theology from scholastic influences. To support this argument, the article turns to Dumitru St£¿niloae, a leading Neo-Patristic figure, and shows that his theological program has been guided by two main axes: on the one hand, the quest for an authentic restauratio patristica in Orthodoxy, which frees theology from Western scholastic influences and restores the ethos of Eastern Christianity; one the other hand, a genuine interest to engage himself in a constructive dialogue with contemporary Western theology
%K Dumitru St£¿niloae
%K ecumenism
%K neo-patristic movement
%K orthodox theology
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0012580618770381