Dorroll, Philip2019-09-252019-09-252016-03-0520132190-0582http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/235229"This article discusses the legacy of the Neo-Patristic paradigm in American Orthodox theology by examining the recent work of three contemporary American Orthodox theologians: John Behr, Kyriaki Karidoyanes Fitzgerald, and Theodore Stylianopoulos. It begins by first outlining the main conceptual bases of the Neo-Patristic paradigm as established by Georges Florovsky and others, and then discusses some important recent criticisms of this dominant theological mode in contemporary Orthodoxy. The article also explores how categories of identity and authenticity are used theologically in Neo-Patristic projects, and situates these efforts in the context of a broader critique of Enlightenment reason."engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)Neo-Patristic paradigmOrthodoxyidentityauthenticitytheologies of scripturegenderIntercultural and contextual theologiesGender and theologyChristian denominationsOrthodox (Eastern, Oriental)Biblical TheologyArticle