The World as Sacrament: the Eucharistic Ontology of Maximos Confessor

My proposed project consists in completing the final chapters of my doctoral dissertation: The World as Sacrament: The Eucharistic Ontology of Maximos Confessor. In essence, I argue that Maximos’ insistence that all things are created from God (ek theou) according to (kata) the Logos offers a powerful example of sacramental ontology – that is, a vision of creation as derived from, and thus imbued with, the creative and sustaining divine energy. Insofar as this ontology is rooted in Christ the Logos through whom all things were made and who is immanent in the world as its constitutive logoi, Maximos’ ontology is not merely sacramental, but specifically eucharistic. The World is a ‘cosmic liturgy’ – a reciprocal interplay between God’s free gift of His own supraessential Being to the world, and the world’s offering back of that gift in gratitude (eucharistia). My aim for this mitacs exchange is to complete the final chapters of my dissertation under the supervision of Dr Brandon Gallaher who, as an established Orthodox theologian, can oversee the final stages of my dissertation.

Faculty Supervisor:

Torrance Kirby

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Partner:

University of Exeter

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

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