Sotiris Mitralexis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Istanbul and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Winchester. During Lent term of 2017, he was Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the Freie Universitat Berlin and a degree in Classics from the University of Athens. He has taught Philosophy at Boğazici University (Istanbul), and in Athens and Berlin.
"This groundbreaking volume correctly identifies an odious
convention in the division of disciplines: while major thinkers
such as Augustine or Aquinas self-evidently make their way into
being part of philosophy's legacy, equally major thinkers that are
categorized as 'religious' are exiled to the hermetically sealed
domain of theology, even if their contribution to classical
philosophical problems is unique, pertinent, and most fecund. The
book at hand delivers on its promise of reclaiming Maximus the
Confessor for philosophy and of recognizing his oeuvre as a
critical contribution to its history; as such, it is one of those
endeavors that contribute to nothing less than a paradigm
change."
--Grigory Benevich, The Russian Christian Academy for the
Humanities
"This rich and diverse set of essays goes far in demonstrating not
only the depth and nuance of Maximus the Confessor's philosophical
theology in its own context but its relevance to a wide array of
contemporary theological concerns. They indicate very well why the
study of Maximus has experienced a profound renaissance in the past
several years, as this is a thinker whose stature matches the far
more studied figures of Augustine and Aquinas. From metaphysics to
theological anthropology, from apophaticism to ethics, this
collection is a fine contribution to the expanding research on
Maximus and will further generate interest in the Confessor among
historical theologians, philosophers, and scholars from a wide
variety of disciplines."
--Paul M. Blowers, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College
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