What if the deepest human problem is not ignorance, weakness, or even sin-but forgetfulness?

In The Theology of Memory, Seraphim Scott explores one of the most profound yet often overlooked themes in Orthodox Christianity: remembrance. Drawing deeply from Holy Scripture, the Desert Fathers, the Philokalia, and the writings of the great saints, this book presents a sweeping vision of salvation as the restoration of humanity's memory of God. Beginning in Paradise, where Adam lived in continual communion with his Creator, and tracing the tragedy of the Fall as an act of spiritual forgetfulness, the reader is guided through repentance, prayer, the Jesus Prayer, the Divine Liturgy, the Eucharist, the lives of the saints, and the struggle against modern distraction and fragmentation. Along the way, ancient patristic wisdom is applied to contemporary life, revealing how the soul can recover its true identity and return to the remembrance for which it was created. Richly theological yet deeply practical, The Theology of Memory offers a compelling Orthodox vision of healing, watchfulness, communion, and eternal life, culminating in the ultimate hope of every Christian heart: to hear the Lord remember us in His Kingdom and restore forever the communion lost in Eden.