A composite book of essays by ten scholars, 'Divine Essence and Divine Energies' provides a rich repository of diverse opinion about the essence-energy distinction in Orthodox Christianity - a doctrine which lies at the heart of the often fraught fault line between East and West and which, in this book, inspires a lively dialogue between the contributors. The contents of the book revolve around several key questions: In what way were the Aristotelian concepts of 'ousia' and 'energeia' used by the Church Fathers, and to what extent were their meanings modified in the light of the Christological and Trinitarian doctrines? What theological function does the essence-energy distinction fulfil in Eastern Orthodoxy with respect to theology, anthropology, and the doctrine of creation? What are the differences and similarities between the notions of divine presence and participation in seminal Christian writings, and what is the relationship between the essence-energy distinction and Western ideas of divine presence? A valuable addition to the dialogue between Eastern and Western Christianity, this book will be of great interest to any reader seeking a rigorously academic insight into the wealth of scholarly opinion about the essence-energy distinction. Constantinos Athanasopoulos was Director of Distance Learning at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge). He is a Research Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy at The Open University (UK). His books include: 'Europe East and West: Byzantine Civilization', 2001 (in Greek) and 'Ancillae Theologiae: Philosophy and Theology in the Medieval and Byzantine Times', 2004 (in Greek). Christoph Schneider is Lecturer at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge). He is co-editor of 'Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy: Transfiguring the World Through the Word', 2009.