February 21 - For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church
Sunday, February 21, 2:00-3:30 MTS
You are invited to join a series of reflections and conversations with Andrew Bingham & David Goa. Kindly pass along to those who may be interested.
“For the Life of the World”, Introduction, Context and Purpose
Our first discussion will frame the theological background of the document and speak to the difficult and demanding challenges we face in this moment in history and the gifts, at the heart of the Orthodox ethos, to speak a healing word far beyond the confines of the church. It is a word many in our word are hungry to hear. Following David and Andrews remarks highlighting the first chapter in For the Life of the World you are invited to engage those who gather in conversation about the radical life of loving communion at the heart of our common vocation to “bless, elevate, and transfigure” our fragile and wounded world.
Join Zoom Meeting - Passcode: 960466
https://zoom.us/j/91990323849?pwd=YkxYSkw3MlBHRVVFQUd2LzljSjZtdz09
An electronic copy of the book is available at: https://www.goarch.org/social-ethos
You may also connect through davidgoa.ca
Up Coming Schedule
Sunday, February 21, 2:00-3:30 MTS - “For the Life of the World”, Introduction, Context & Purpose
Sunday, February 28, 2:00-3:30 MTS - The Church in the Public Square
Sunday, March 7, 2:00-3:30 MTS - The Course of Human Life
Sunday, March 14, 2:00-3:30 MTS - Poverty, Wealth, and Civil Justice
Sunday, March 21, 2:00-3:30 MTS - War, Peace, and Violence
Sunday, March 28, 2:00-3:30 MTS - Ecumenical Relations and Relations with Other Faiths
Sunday, April 4, 2:00-3:30 MTS - Orthodoxy and Human Rights
Sunday, April 11, 2:00-3:30 MTS - Science, Technology, and the Natural World
Sunday, April 18, 2:00-3:30 MTS - Conclusion, “What do we take from For the Life of the World ?” Does it speak to all Orthodox Christians and beyond the boundaries of Orthodox churches?
You are invited to join a series of reflections and conversations with Andrew Bingham and David Goa on For the Life of the World, Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church.
“For the Life of the World, Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church” is the title of a recent publication edited by David Bentley Hart and John Chryssavgis under the auspices and with the blessing of His All Holiness, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.
This document, long awaited, is a welcome opportunity to discuss Orthodox “social doctrine in terms appropriate to modern reality.” It provides general parameters, avoids nebulous abstractions and sweeping generalizations, simplistic, pietistic, or legalistic pronouncements. Anchored in the Gospel it calls us to consider and think about major issues facing the life of our fragile and struggling world with the mind of Christ, free of fear, ideological preoccupations and to do so both for our own healing and for the life of the world.