About the Author

Alexander Golitzin is professor emeritus of patristics at Marquette University and a bishop of the Orthodox Church in America. A specialist in the origins of Eastern Christian ascetical and mystical tradition, he is the author of 'Et introibo ad altare Dei': The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita (Thessaloniki, 1994); Saint Symeon the New Theologian on the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, 3 vols.(Saint Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1995-97); and New Light from the Holy Mountain (Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press, 1996), as well as several studies collected in The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism, ed. A. Orlov and B. Lurie (Gorgias Press, 2009). Bogdan G. Bucur is associate professor of Theology at Duquesne University and an Orthodox priest in the Antiochian Archdiocese. His work explores the link between biblical exegesis, doctrinal developments, and spirituality in early Christianity and the Byzantine tradition. He is the author of Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses (Brill, 2009) and several journal articles.