Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-201) and index.

Salvation as "deification" -- The meaning of the term "deification" as applied to the Christian -- Isn't it blasphemous to claim to be a "god"? -- "I said 'you are gods'"--starting from the Bible : John 10:34, Psalm 82:6 -- The humanity of God makes possible the deification of humanity -- Deification : overview of the Eastern Orthodox tradition -- A total theology -- The Christian meaning of deification : a summary -- Deification as healing -- The transformation of our nature -- Paradise after death -- The resurrection of the glorified body at the end of the age -- Deification and the communion of the saints -- In the image and likeness of God -- Deification and the work of salvation -- Deification is the gracious work of the whole Trinity -- The "uncreated energies" of God -- Deification through a fully liturgical life -- The nature of Orthodox mysticism -- Orthodox theology is practical, not speculative -- Orthodox theology is based on the Bible -- Revelation and experience -- Deification is based on divine revelation -- The forms of divine revelation -- The threefold structure of divine revelation as manifested in Orthodox life and thought -- Divine revelation and human language -- How to interpret Holy Scripture, our guide to deification -- The importance of Scripture -- The letter and the spirit -- The Scriptures as treasuries of spiritual experience -- The big picture : the meaning of the Bible as a whole -- The various senses of Scripture -- Conclusion -- The Old Testament : the history of the energies of God in the Bible -- Why read the Old Testament? -- The Old Testament as an integral part of the history of God's grace -- The creation of man to share the kingship of God : Genesis 1:1-2:3 -- Paradise lost : Genesis 2:4-3:24 -- The "natural man" from Adam to Noah -- Moses and the law : the Hebrew theology of revelation -- The prophecies of fulfillment in Christ : how the Old Testament speaks of Christ and the mysteries of the church -- The saints of the Old Testament -- Excursus to chapter 5 : Adam our ancestor? -- The uncreated light of Mount Thabor -- The light of glory -- The transfiguration in the Gospels -- The experience St. Peter -- The experience of St. John the Evangelist and theologian -- The experience of St. James the Greater, the son of Zebedee -- St. Paul's experience of the uncreated light -- At the foot of the mountain.