Part I. Rethinking Ontology within History 1. Ontology versus Fideism: Christianity's Accountability to History and Society Haralambos Ventis 2. Ontology, History and Relation (schesis): Gregory of Nyssa's Epektasis Giulio Maspero 3. Syn-odical Ontology: Maximus the Confessor's Proposition for Ontology within History and in the Eschaton Dionysios Skliris 4. The Liturgy behind Liturgies: The Church's Metaphysical Form David W. Fagerberg 5. The Kantian "Two-images" Problem, Its Lesson for Christian Eschatology, and the Path of Maximian Analogy Demetrios Harper Part II. Beyond Being and Time: Eschatological Hermeneutics 6. Zizioulas and Heidegger: "Eschatological Ontology" and Hermeneutics Matthew Baker 7. What Does "Rising from the Dead" Mean? A Hermeneutics of Resurrection Maxim Vasiljevic 8. Ecstatic or Reciprocal Meaningfulness?: Orthodox Eschatology between Theology, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis Nikolaos Loudovikos Part III. Personhood Between Ontology and History 9. The Ontology of the Person - An Outline Christos Yannaras 10. Berdyaev's Solution to History: Redeeming Persons in Historical Love Daniel S. Robinson 11. Joseph Ratzinger's Imago Dei Anthropology in the Reconciliation of Ontology and Salvation History Isabel C. Troconis Iribarren 12. Praying and Presence: Kierkegaard on Despair and the Prolepsis of the Self Chris Doude Van Trosstwijk Part IV. Politics Between Being and Time 13. Mapping the Theo-political: Metaphysical Prolegomenon for Political Theology Jared Schumacher 14. The Eucharist Makes the Church Repent: Eucharistic Ecclesiology and Political Theology Daniel Wright 15. How Realistic Are Christian Politics? A Case for Eschatological Realism Logan M. Isaac