Retreat — Involuntary Sin? An Eastern Christian Contribution to Christian Ethics

It is easy to stereotype Eastern Christianity as the “mystical” and “contemplative” sister of the active, socially-conscious West. But it is also true that Eastern Christians have their own approach to Christian ethics, revolving around the twin notions of divinization (theosis) and asceticism (askesis). We will discuss how this moral vision leads Eastern Christians to look at such things as social justice and labor issues, violence and warfare, marriage and divorce, contraception and abortion.

Presenter: Fr. Maximos Davies

Holy Resurrection Romanian Greek-Catholic Monastery
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