For For advanced readers of his ontology of the person; not for newcomers.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
5 of 5very hard
Late essays (2000–2020) on person, nature and freedom, from Maximus to Aquinas, von Hildebrand and Luther.
How it proceeds
Philosophic5 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A collection of essays and studies from his later period (2000–2020), published by Sebastian Press at Los Angeles in 2025. It covers the move from an ontology of substance to a relational ontology, Trinitarian and human freedom, person and nature in Maximus the Confessor, the Church as communion rooted in the life of the Trinity, the Cappadocian Fathers and Thomas Aquinas on the person, a patristic reading of Dietrich von Hildebrand on love, and his reflections on Luther's sola fide.
