Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Loyola University Chicago, 2009 under title: All things new : the human calling in creation within Maximus the Confessor and Jurgen Moltmann's Trinitarian-Christocentric visions.

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Front cover; Half Title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Jürgen Moltmann; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Trinitarian Matrix of the Human Calling; 3. The Christological Basis of the Human Calling; 4. The Redemptive Goal of the Human Calling; 5. The Trinitarian-Christocentric Practice of the Human Calling; 6. Conclusion: The Human Calling in Creation-Rooted in God; Bibliography; Back cover

For both Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) and Jurgen Moltmann (b. 1926) understanding what it means to be human springs from a contemplative vision of God. This comparative study explores surprising parallels between the theological anthropology of the seventh-century Byzantine monk and the contemporary German Protestant. Bingaman shows that Maximus and Moltmann root their understanding of the human calling in their Trinitarian and christological reflection, in contrast to many modern theologies that tend to devise an account of human being first, and then try to find ways in which Christ an.