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Aristotle  Papanikolaou

Aristotle Papanikolaou

Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Orthodox Theology and Culture, Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center; Fordham University

Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology, the Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Orthodox Theology and Culture, and the Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. He was also Senior Fellow for the Christian Jurisprudence II project at the Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion. In 2012, he received the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Humanities. Among his numerous publications, he is the author of Being with God:  Trinity, Apophaticism, and Divine-Human Communion, and The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy.  He is also co-editor of Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality, Political Theologies in Orthodox Christianity, Fundamentalism or Tradition:  Christianity after Secularism, Christianity, Democracy and the Shadow of Constantine (Winner of 2017 Alpha Sigma Nu Award in Theology), Orthodox Constructions of the West, Orthodox Readings of Augustine, and Thinking Through Faith:  New Perspectives from Orthodox Christian Scholars.  He enjoys Russian literature, Byzantine and Greek music.