| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) |
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Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought |
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Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.
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| Contents |
Moral argument in the human rights debate of the Russian orthodox church -- Post-communist orthodox countries and secularization : the Lautsi case and the fracture of Europe -- Power to the people : orthodoxy, consociational democracy, and the move beyond phyletism -- Power, protest, and perichoresis : on being church in a troubled world -- Strange fruit : Augustine, liberalism, and the good Samaritan -- An orthodox encounter with liberal democracy -- Democracy and the dynamics of death : orthodox reflections on the origin, purpose, and limits of politics -- "I have overcome the world" : the church, the liberal state, and Christ's two natures in the Russian politics of theosis -- Emperors and bishops of Constantinople -- Stepping out of Constantine's shadow -- "You cannot have a church without an Empire" : political orthodoxy in Byzantium -- Roman catholicism and democracy : the postconciliar era -- How (not) to be a political theologian |
| Summary |
The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox world and in Western political theology. Constructive theological essays feature Catholic and Protestant theologians reflecting on the relationship between Christianity and democracy, as well as Orthodox theologians reflecting on their tradition's relationship to liberal democracy. The essays explore prospects of a distinctively Christian politics in a post-communist, post-Constantinian age |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 09/13/2020) |
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Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 fast (OCoLC)fst01813658 |
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Church history.
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Christianity and politics.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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church history.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Christianity and politics
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Church history
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Demacopoulos, George E., editor.
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Papanikolaou, Aristotle, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020426016 |
| ISBN |
9780823274222 |
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0823274225 |
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