For either Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) and Jürgen Moltmann (b. 1926), knowing what it capability to be human springs from a contemplative imaginative and prescient of God. This comparative examine explores astounding parallels among the theological anthropology of the seventh-century Byzantine monk and the modern German Protestant. Bingaman argues that Maximus and Moltmann root their figuring out of the human calling of their Trinitarian and christological mirrored image, unlike many glossy theologies that have a tendency to plot an account of person first, after which try and locate ways that Christ and the Trinity are by some means suitable to this human being.
In this optimistic paintings, Bingaman demonstrates the intrinsic connection among Maximus' and Moltmann's perspectives of person, Christ and the Trinity, the church, and the human calling in production. Illustrating the richness of those historic and postmodern theologies in dialog, All issues New lays out destiny trajectories in theological anthropology, patristic ressourcement, ecologically attuned theology and spirituality, and Orthodox-Protestant dialogue.

"A version of artistic theological retrieval, All issues New makes a compelling case for figuring out human identification and vocation as profoundly Trinitarian and christological. It offers a fantastically contemplative imaginative and prescient of the human individual, arguing that it's the caliber and intensity of our awareness to divine secret that allows us to appreciate who we're and the way we should always dwell. An unique and significant work."
--Douglas E. Christie, professor, Theological experiences, Loyola Marymount collage, la, CA

"In this crucial booklet, Brock Bingaman brings Maximus the Confessor and Jürgen Moltmann into confident discussion. with out whatsoever attempting to hide the very varied idioms within which they believe, Bingaman exhibits how either Maximus and Moltmann base their reflections at the human calling and future within the doctrine of the Trinity and the Paschal secret of Christ. it's a wealthy and stimulating work."
--Andrew Louth, Professor emeritus of Patristic and Byzantine stories, Durham collage, Durham, UK

"Bingaman's comparative research of Maximus the Confessor's and Jürgen Moltmann's theological anthropology keeps a long-standing culture of fruitful discussion among jap Orthodox and Reformed theologies. Wide-ranging and evocative in its research, All issues New bargains its readers old knowledge coupled with clean ecological impulses for knowing the human calling in a Trinitarian framework today."
--Joy Ann McDougall, affiliate Professor of Systematic Theology, Candler institution of Theology, Emory college, Atlanta, GA

Brock Bingaman is Assistant Professor of non secular reports and non secular experiences application Director at Wesleyan collage in Macon, Georgia. His courses contain The Philokalia: A vintage textual content of Orthodox Spirituality (2012), coedited with Bradley Nassif, and diverse booklet chapters and magazine articles on Christian spirituality, ecology, comparative theology, and Christian-Muslim relations.