Communion and Otherness in John Zizioulas’ Theology of Personhood as Basis for True Otherness, Identity and Unity

Abstract

John Zizioulas maintains that communion and otherness are complementary. Communion is the basis for true otherness and identity. Otherness is constitutive of God’s being, of the being of creation and humanity. Without them there can be no communion in the Church nor in society. This is the challenge of theology today.