Title Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century

Published New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (867 pages) Series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series. Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Eastern Christianity and politics in the twenty-first century: an overview; PART I Chalcedonian churches; 2 The Ecumenical Patriarchate; 3 The Russian Orthodox Church; 4 The Serbian Orthodox Church; 5 The Romanian Orthodox Church; 6 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church; 7 The Georgian Orthodox Church; 8 The Orthodox Church of Cyprus; 9 The Orthodox Church of Greece; 10 The Polish Orthodox Church; 11 The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania 12 The Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia13 Orthodox churches in America; 14 The Finnish Orthodox Church; 15 Orthodox churches in Estonia; 16 Orthodox churches in Ukraine; 17 The Belarusian Orthodox Church; 18 The Orthodox Church in Lithuania; 19 The Latvian Orthodox Church; 20 Orthodox churches in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria; 21 Orthodox churches in Moldova; 22 The Macedonian Orthodox Church; 23 The Orthodox churches in China, Japan and Korea; 24 Orthodox churches in Australia; PART II Non-Chalcedonian churches; 25 The Armenian Apostolic Church 26 The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church27 The Coptic Orthodox Church; 28 The Syrian Orthodox Church; 29 Syrian Christian churches in India; PART III The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East; 30 The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East; PART IV Greek Catholic churches in Eastern Europe; 31 The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; 32 The Romanian Greek Catholic Church; 33 The Bulgarian Eastern Catholic Church; 34 The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church; PART V Challenges in the twenty-fi rst century 35 Orthodox churches and migration36 The Greek Catholic churches in post-war Catholic-Orthodox relations; 37 Secularism without liberalism: Orthodox churches, human rights and American foreign policy in Southeastern Europe; 38 Orthodox Christianity and globalisation; Bibliography; Index Summary This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of Eastern Christian churches in Europe, the Middle East, America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it examines both Orthodox and Oriental churches from the end of the Cold War up to the present day. The book offers a unique insight into the myriad church-state relations in Eastern Christianity and tackles contemporary concerns, opportunities and challenges, such as religious revival after the fall of communism; churches and democracy; relations between Orthodox, Catholic and Greek Catholic churches; religious education and monastic life; the size and structure of congregations; and the impact of migration, secularisation and globalisation on Eastern Christianity in the twenty-first century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Orthodox Eastern Church -- History. Catholic Church -- Oriental rites -- History Assyrian Church of the East -- History SUBJECT Assyrian Church of the East fast Catholic Church fast Orthodox Eastern Church fast Subject Eastern churches -- History Oriental Orthodox churches -- History RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox. Eastern churches Oriental Orthodox churches Oriental rites (Catholic Church) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Leustean, Lucian N ISBN 9781317818663 1317818660 1306828465 9781306828468 9781317818656 1317818652

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