Dr Petre Maican ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** petre.maican@ru.nl [ URL "mailto:petre.maican@ru.nl"] ORCID: 0000-0001-8969-4368 [ URL "https:// orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-4368"] Personal website [ URL "https://www.petremaican.org/"] Academia.edu [ URL "https://radboud.academia.edu/ PetreMaican"] GoogleScholar [ URL "https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations? user=ffIryakAAAAJ&hl=en"] specialisation: Orthodox theology, disability theology, inclusion, deification, ecclesiology, ecumenism ****************************************************************************************** * Education and Qualifications ****************************************************************************************** • 2016: Ph.D. in Systematic Theology University of Aberdeen, UK • 2010: Masters in Systematic Theology, University of Bucharest Romania • 2008: Bachelors degree in Theology, University of Bucharest ****************************************************************************************** * Biography ****************************************************************************************** • 2025: Lecturer in Modern Orthodox Theology, Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania • 2024–2025: Scientific Collaborator, Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Radboud Univ Netherlands • 2022–2024: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Radboud Netherlands • 2021–2022: Scientific Collaborator, UCLouvain, Belgium • 2019–2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCLouvain, Belgium • 2020: Guest Lecturer in Orthodox Theology, Greek Bible College, Athens, Greece • 2018–2019: Teaching Fellow in Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen, UK • 2018–2019: Tutor in Philosophical Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK2017: Teaching Fello Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK ****************************************************************************************** * Membership ****************************************************************************************** • The Higher Education Academy, UK / University of Aberdeen Associate Fellow • European Academy of Religion Ordinary Member • Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Ordinary Member • Societas Oecumenica Ordinary Member • International Orthodox Theological Association Ordinary Member • The OPTIC Forum: The Human and the Speaking Machine Ordinary Member ****************************************************************************************** * Selected Conferences ****************************************************************************************** • 2025: Charles University Prague, Czechia – “Recovering from Trauma: Orthodox Spiritual a Resources” • 2024: The Eastern European Institute of Theology, Kiev, Ukraine – “Terrible Beauty: The Disability and Friendship in Eastern Orthodoxy” • 2023: International Society for Science and Religion, Swindon, UK – “Spiritual Intellige Intellectual Disability: A Theological Re-evaluation of the Nous” • 2023: International Orthodox Theological Association, Volos, Greece – “An Anthropology o Romanian Orthodox Insight into Disability Theology” • 2023: European Academy of Religion, Saint Andrews, UK – “Feasting on the Paradox of Holy Dostoevsky’s Novels and Yannaras’ Apophatic Ethics” • 2021: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, US – “Disability East an Romanian Perspective” • 2021: Charles University Prague, Czechia – “Childhood and Disability: Theological Reflec • 2021: European Academy of Religion, Münster, Germany – “Eastern Orthodoxy and Disability • 2020: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, US – “Intellectual Disab Orthodox Church, and the Saint” (Canceled) • 2020: European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy – “Vulnerability and Disability: Pers East and West” (Canceled) • 2019: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Saint Louis, US – “Human Perfection Intellectual Disability in Eastern Orthodoxy” • 2019: Society for the Study of Theology, Warwick, UK – “An Eastern Orthodox Re-evaluatio of Filioque on Ecclesiology through the Lenses of Disability Theology” • 2019: Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, UK – “Human Perfection and Pr Disability in Eastern Orthodoxy” (Keynote speaker) • 2019: European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy – “Lay People in 21st Century Orthodo Identity, Vocation, Challenges” (Invited panelist) • 2019: Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Volos, Greece – “The Pneumatic Ecclesiology Stăniloae and the Gift of Persons with Disability for the Church” (Plenary speaker) • 2019: European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy – “Dumitru Stăniloae’s Encounter with West” (Panel organiser) • 2019: International Orthodox Theological Association, Ia?i, Romania – “Eastern Orthodoxy Rights: A Christological Approach” • 2018: European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy – “The Hermeneutics of Togetherness: Stăniloae’s Principles for Interpreting the Fathers in an Ecumenical Context” • 2018: Societas Oecumenica, Mannheim, Germany – “Is Orthodox Nationalism an Impediment to Dialogue?” (Invited speaker) • 2018: Charles University Prague, Czech Republic – “The Aesthetics of Holiness: Hans Urs Anthropology for Eastern Orthodox Use” (Invited speaker) • 2018: The Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity, Belgrade, Serbia – “Givin Voice Back: One Way to Tackle Fundamentalism in the Eastern Orthodox Church” (Invited sp • 2018: European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy – “The Orthodox Tradition and the Imp Reform” (Invited speaker) • 2017: LEST XI, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium – “Sensus Fidelium and the Reformation of the Eastern Orthodox Perspective” • 2016: Societas Oecumenica Biennial Conference, Helsinki, Finland – “Why Ecumenical Dialo Eastern Orthodoxy” • 2016: The Loyola Institute, Dublin, Ireland – “The Eastern Orthodox Church: Back to Prog • 2015: Society for the Study of Theology, Nottingham, UK – “Open Sobornicity: An Eastern Perspective on Ecumenism” • 2014: Society for the Study of Theology Postgraduate Conference, Oxford, UK – “Angela of Bodily Experience of the Mystical Union with God” ****************************************************************************************** * Teaching Activity ****************************************************************************************** • 2025: Modern Orthodox Theology, Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania – Lectures and tu contemporary Orthodox theology; assessed student work • 2023: Introduction to Disability Theology, Radboud University, Netherlands – Designed an lectures and tutorials on disability in the Christian tradition; marked essays and exams • 2023: Introduction to Philosophical Ethics, Radboud University, Netherlands – Designed a on philosophical ethics for two seminar groups • 2023: The History of Christian Thought, Radboud University, Netherlands – Designed and d lectures and tutorials on Christian doctrinal development (on campus and online); assess exams • 2023: Introduction to Romanian Orthodoxy, Radboud University, Netherlands – Designed and six-hour online module for undergraduates on Romanian Orthodox theology • 2020: Guest Lectures in Orthodox Theology, Greek Bible College, Athens, Greece • 2018–2019: Exploring the Tradition of Christian Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK – Des delivered lectures and tutorials (on campus and online); assessed essays and exams • 2018–2019: Introduction to Philosophical Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK – Led tutori seminar groups • 2018–2019: Introduction to Religious Myth, University of Aberdeen, UK – Designed and led the notion of myth for two seminar groups • 2017: Teaching Fellow in Christian Ethics, University of Aberdeen, UK • 2016: Teaching Responsibilities (unspecified), University of Aberdeen, UK ****************************************************************************************** * Bibliography ****************************************************************************************** Books: • 2025 (October): The Cross at the Heart of the Church: Study in Ecclesial Recognition. Ed Clark. • 2025 (August): Disability in the Greek Patristic Tradition. Lexington. • 2025 (April): The Asceticism of Emotions: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to Inclusion. Pal • 2023: Deification and Modern Orthodox Theology: Introduction to Contemporary Debates. Le Edited Journal Issues: • 2021: “The Reception of the Orthodox Ecumenical Engagement in the West”, co-edited with The Ecumenical Review 73:1. • 2021: “Vulnerability, Power, and Disability”, co-edited with Talitha Cooreman. Journal o Religion 25:1. Research Articles: • 2025: “Spiritual Intelligence and Dementia: A Theological Reevaluation of the Nous.” CPO • 2024: “Powerless in Christ: A Romanian Orthodox Insight into Disability Theology.” Journ and Religion 28:2, 285–303. • 2023: “Teologia dizabilită?ii, drepturile omului ?i neosinteza patristică.” In Biserica 246. • 2022: “Stăniloae’s Reading of Western Theological Traditions: A Re-evaluation.” In Tenda directions dans les recherches actuelles..., 223–236. • 2022: “Learning to Perceive: Grace and the Emotional Conundrum of Disability.” Modern Th 535–547. • 2022: “The Care of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Romania: Between Politics a Political Theology 23:3, 201–214. • 2022: “Outlining an Inclusive Anthropological Ethics for Eastern Orthodoxy.” Scottish Jo Theology 75:1, 43–54. • 2021: “Vulnerability and Solidarity: An Improbable Connection.” Journal of Disability an 55–67. • 2020: “Overcoming Exclusion in Eastern Orthodoxy: Human Dignity and Disability from a Ch Perspective.” Studies in Christian Ethics 33:4, 496–509. • 2019: “Une Herméneutique Orthodoxe ?cuménique: Dumitru Stăniloae sur l’interprétation de l’Eglise dans un contexte ?cuménique.” Contacts 71:2, 190–214. • 2019: “Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Holiness for Eastern Orthodox Use.” Communio 28–39. • 2019: “Through Sensus Fidelium to Deification: Listening to the Voice of the Laity in Ea Orthodoxy.” Modern Theology 35:2, 285–300. • 2018: “The Eastern Orthodox Church: Back to Progress.” Irish Theological Quarterly 83:2, Proceedings: • 2021: “Perfec?iunea umană în teologia ortodoxă ?i implica?iile ei pentru îngrijirea pers dizabilită?i intelectuale profunde.” In Polis and Paideia Conference Proceedings (2019), • 2020: “The Ambiguity of Nationalism and Ecumenism: A Romanian Orthodox Account.” In Soci Leipzig, 82–90. • 2018: “Why Ecumenical Dialogue Matters for Eastern Orthodoxy.” In Societas Oecumenica He Editorials: • 2021: “Theological Exchanges: The Ecumenical Reception of Orthodoxy,” with Stephen G. Br Mihoc. The Ecumenical Review 73:1, 1–7. • 2021: “Vulnerability and Solidarity,” with Talitha Cooreman. Journal of Disability and R 3. Book Reviews: • 2025: The Oxford Handbook of Deification, eds. Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Andrew Hofer, O.P., an Levering. Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies. • 2024: Theological Perspectives on Reimagining Friendship and Disability by Martina Vuk. Disability and Religion 29:1, 119-120. • 2024: Sustaining Hope: Friendships and Intellectual Impairment by David B. McEwan and Ji of Disability and Religion 28:1, 90–91. • 2023: The Sophiology of Death by Sergius Bulgakov. Irish Theological Quarterly 36:2, 410 • 2022: Dumitru Stăniloae’s Trinitarian Ecclesiology: Orthodoxy and the Filioque by Viorel Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 66:3–4, 243–247. • 2022: Discerning Persons: Profound Disability, the Early Church Fathers and the Concept Bioethics by Pia Matthews. Journal of Disability and Religion 26: 3, 327-328. • 2022: Catéch?se et théologies du handicap by Talitha Cooreman-Guittin. Journal of Disabi Religion 26:3, 323-324. • 2021: La structure ontologique-communicationnelle de la personne by Ciprian Apintiliesei Theologicae Lovanienses 97:4, 714–715. • 2021: Libertatea omului la Karl Barth, Emil Brunner ?i Rudolf Bultmann by Mihai Iordache Journal of Orthodox Theology 12:3. • 2018: Ecclesiology in the Trenches, eds. Sune Fahlgren and Jonas Ideström. Reviews in Re Theology 25:1, 61–64. • 2015: Balthasar: A (Very) Critical Introduction by Karen Kilby. Theology in Scotland 22: Popularizing Work: • 2024: “Warum nicht? Zum Fehlen einer orthodoxen Theologie der Behinderung.” Religion & G Ost und West 9, 23–26. • 2024: “Trauma en het helende potentieel van aanbidding.” Platform Oosters Christendom (A • 2023: “Martyrs without Scars: Disability and The Iconographic Tradition.” The Wheel 31–3 • 2023: “Portret: Dumitru Stăniloae (1903–1993).” Platform Oosters Christendom (December). • 2023: IOTA Conference Report. Platform Oosters Christendom (February). • 2022: “Portret: André Scrima (1925–2000).” Platform Oosters Christendom (June). • 2022: “Persoane Suspendate: Notiunea de Persoana in Teologia Ortodoxa Moderna…” Syntopic translated into Greek. • 2021: “The Sacrament of Adoption and the Orphan Crisis in Romania.” Public Orthodoxy (Ma • 2020: “Corona Virus, productivité et déficience intellectuelle profonde.” Institut RSCS, (April). • 2019: “Image and Likeness and Profound Cognitive Disability.” Public Orthodoxy (July). • 2017: “Is There Anything Orthodoxy Can Learn from the Reformation?” The Wheel 12, 78–80; multiple languages. Translations: • 2020: For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church (with Vior Romanian translation: Pentru via?a lumii. Ratio et Revelatio. • 2020: David Bentley Hart, Nor Height nor Depth: On The Toll Houses. Romanian translation imea, nici adâncul..., Analele Universită?ii de Vest din Timi?oara, 49–53.