vol. 37, Issue #3

Online Journal Article: Partakers Of Divinity: The Orthodox Doctrine Of Theosis - Daniel B. Clendenin* Jets 37/3 (September 1994) 365-379

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/37/37-3/JETS_37-3_365-379_Clendenin.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/37/37-3/JETS_37-3_365-379_Clendenin.pdf

PARTAKERS OF DIVINITY:
THE ORTHODOX DOCTRINE OF THEOSIS -
DANIEL B. CLENDENIN*
JETS 37/3 (September 1994) 365-379

Excerpt:
For the shepherd David the question came in the middle of the night
watch. Alone in the quiet darkness on a Palestinian hillside, he pondered
the expansive heavens, the sparkling stars and soft moonlight and, in
response, his own feelings of insignificance: "What is man, tha t thou dost take
thought of him, or the son of man, tha t thou dost care for him?" (Ps 8:4).
For its part, Orthodox theology in the east places the questions of human
destiny, sin and salvation at the forefront of its entire theological vision,
albeit in ways very different from the western Christian tradition.
--from the first page of the article