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Identity Without Enmity

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This essay reconstructs the metaphysical intention of John D. Zizioulas’s unpublished notes, The Logic of Identity. Although the manuscript’s formal reasoning is not always valid, it identifies a significant problem: identity cannot be grounded solely in self-sameness or in the negation of another. In Trinitarian theology, the divine persons are distinguished through positive relations that establish both otherness and communion. The notes therefore suggest a relational ontology in which the other is not a threat to identity but a condition of it.

Source: OmegAlpha

DOI: 10.63394/fhxsmv53

Author: Maxim Vasiljević

Institution: Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Language: English

Topic: Karl Barth and Christian Theology

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7225752471

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