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Author : Steven Runciman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Church and state
ISBN : UCAL:$B771538
Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030241391
Orthodox Churches, like most religious bodies, are inherently political: they seek to defend their core values and must engage in politics to do so, whether by promoting certain legislation or seeking to block other legislation. This volume examines the politics of Orthodox Churches in Southeastern Europe, emphasizing three key modes of resistance to the influence of (Western) liberal values: Nationalism (presenting themselves as protectors of the national being), Conservatism (defending traditional values such as the “traditional family”), and Intolerance (of both non-Orthodox faiths and sexual minorities). The chapters in this volume present case studies of all the Orthodox Churches of the region.
Author : Jeroen Temperman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004181496
This book presents a human rights-based assessment of the various modes of state–religion identification and of the various forms of state practice that surround and characterize these different state–religion models. This book makes a case for the recognition of a state duty to remain impartial with respect to religion or belief in all regards so as to comply with people’s fundamental right to be governed, at all times, in a religiously neutral manner.
Author : Tobias Koellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351018920
This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and politics is complex, and how the spheres of religion and politics complement, reinforce, influence, and sometimes contradict each other. Considering a range of thematic issues, with examples from a wide range of countries with significant Orthodox religious groups, and setting the present situation in its full historical context the book provides a rich picture of a subject which has been too often oversimplified.
Author : Aristotle Papanikolaou,Ingeborg Gabriel,Kristina Stoeckl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0567674177
Orthodoxy, Democracy, and Gay Marriage -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Orthodoxy Facing the Modern Secular State -- Epilogue -- Chapter 14 Civil Religion in the Orthodox Milieu -- Part V SYMPHONIC POLITICAL THEOLOGY -- Chapter 15 Orthodox Theology, Politics, and Power -- The Church Presents Its Social Concept -- Social Ethics and Legitimate Political Agency -- Theological Resources for a Tenable Orthodox Social Ethic -- Toward Universalistic Orthodox Social Ethics -- Chapter 16 Orthodoxy and Democracy in Post-1989 Romania -- The Post-Secular Paradigm -- A New Experience: Religion and Democracy in Eastern Europe after 1989 -- The Orthodox Church in Romania: Involvement or Noninvolvement? -- Can Romania Rely on Orthodoxy in the Process of Democratization? -- Chapter 17 The Church and the Bulgarian Modernities -- Some Words about Modernity in the New Social and Political History of Bulgaria -- The Three Bulgarian Modernities -- The Role of the Church -- Final Words -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index
Author : Bernard Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351887052
This is the first major work on the history of the secular church in the Frankish states of Syria and the Holy Land - a subject which has not hitherto attracted the interest of ecclesiastical historians. The present book has been written to fill this important gap in crusader studies. It deals with the period stretching from the establishment of a Latin hierarchy after the First Crusade to the final conquest by the Mamluks in 1291. Dr Hamilton examines the development of the Church in the Patriarchates of Jerusalem and Antioch and its organisation from the parish level upwards. Two chapters are devoted to a study of its sources of income and the financial problems that arose after the Battle of Hattin through the thirteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the relations between the Latin and the Eastern Churches. The author documents the unequal treatment given to the Orthodox and to the separated Churches, and traces the course of the various attempts at church union. In his conclusion he makes an overall assessment of the spiritual achievments of the Church during this period and the extent to which it justified the first crusaders' ideals.
Author : Peter Cumper,Tom Lewis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781781953495
ÔReligion, Rights and Secular Society by Peter Cumper and Tom Lewis is a both timely and important publication. In a series of highly interesting and well-written essays Ð some of which are case studies covering many different European nations whereas others are more theoretical Ð the book looks at a key paradox in contemporary Europe: the relatively high levels of secularity in most European countries on the one hand, and the marked resurgence of religion in public debates on the other. While never pretending that there are ready answers to the problems of reconciling secular and religious values in Europe, the contributors make it quite clear that Europeans need to return to questions about religion that they had previously regarded as being settled. This is food for thought at a very high level!Õ Ð Helle Porsdam, University of Copenhagen, Denmark This topical collection of chapters examines secular society and the legal protection of religion and belief across Europe, both in general and more nation-specific terms. The expectations of many that religion in modern Europe would be swept away by the powerful current of secularization have not been realised, and today few topics generate more controversy than the complex relationship between religious and secular values. The Ôreligious/secularÕ relationship is examined in this book, which brings together scholars from different parts of Europe and beyond to provide insights into the methods by which religion and equivalent beliefs have been, and continue to be, protected in the legal systems and constitutions of European nations. The contributorsÕ chapters reveal that the oft-tumultuous legacy of EuropeÕs relationship with religion still resonates across a continent where legal, political and social contours have been powerfully shaped by faith and religious difference. Covering recent controversies such as the Islamic headscarf, and the presence of the crucifix in school class-rooms, this book will appeal to academics and students in law, human rights and the social sciences, as well as law and policy makers and NGOs in the field of human rights.
Author : Ershov, Bogdan,Ashmarov, Igor
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781668449172
In modern Russia, the question is raised about the revival of the spirituality of the population, which increases interest in studying the history of the church. In the pre-revolutionary period, the Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire had a significant impact on the formation of national culture and statehood. Actively cooperating with the state, the Orthodox Church has accumulated vast experience in the field of education, missionary work, and charity. This experience in today’s Russia can be used to solve the most important tasks in the moral education of young people who will contribute to the future of Russia. Examining the Relationship Between the Russian Orthodox Church and Secular Authorities in the 19th and 20th Centuries focuses on the system of spiritual education, the social and psychological characteristics of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the tradition of Orthodox pilgrimage. It explores the key areas of charitable and educational activities of the Orthodox Church during the period of religious transformation in the 19th and 20th centuries. Covering topics such as missionary activity, secular authority, and church land tenure, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for historians, anthropologists, sociologists, researchers in politics and religion, librarians, students and faculty of higher education, and academicians.
Author : Zsolt Enyedi,John T.S. Madeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135761400
This volume represents an attempt in integrating a wide range of theoretically relevant issues into the identification and analysis of church-state patterns. Each chapter focuses on the analysis of a particular theme and its role in shaping, and/or being shaped by, church-state relations.
Author : Irina Papkova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199791147
"There is little written about the Russian Orthodox Church, and precious little by political scientists who use qualitative, critical methods. This book is a welcome contribution and will receive attention from political scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists of religion." ---Catherine Wanner. Associate Professor of History. Anthropology and Religious Studies. Penn State University --Book Jacket.
Author : Cristian Romocea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : 1472548922
Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players. This book explores the nationalist inclinations of an Eastern Orthodox Church as it interacts with a politically immature yet decisively democratic Eastern European state. Discussing the birth pangs of extreme nationalist movements of the twentieth century, it offers a creative retelling of the ideological idiosyncrasies which have characterized Marxist Communism and Nazism. Cristian Romocea provid.
Author : Cristian Romocea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441137470
Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players. This book explores the nationalist inclinations of an Eastern Orthodox Church as it interacts with a politically immature yet decisively democratic Eastern European state. Discussing the birth pangs of extreme nationalist movements of the twentieth century, it offers a creative retelling of the ideological idiosyncrasies which have characterized Marxist Communism and Nazism. Cristian Romocea provides a constant juxtaposition of the ideological movements as they interacted and affected organized religion, at times seeking to remove it, assimilate it or even imitate it. Of interest to historians, theologians and politicians, this book introduces the reader, through a case study of Romania, to relevant and contemporary challenges churches worldwide are facing in a context characterized by increased secularization of the state and radicalization of religion.
Author : Cyril Hovorun
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506453118
Dispatches on nationalism and religion As an insider to church politics and a scholar of contemporary Orthodoxy, Cyril Hovorun outlines forms of political orthodoxy in Orthodox churches, past and present. Hovorun draws a big picture of religion being politicized and even weaponized. While Political Orthodoxies assesses phenomena such as nationalism and anti-Semitism, both widely associated with Eastern Christianity, Hovorun focuses on the theological underpinnings of the culture wars waged in eastern and southern Europe. The issues in these wars include monarchy and democracy, Orientalism and Occidentalism, canonical territory, and autocephaly. Wrought with peril, Orthodox culture wars have proven to turn toward bloody conflict, such as in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014. Accordingly, this book explains the aggressive behavior of Russia toward its neighbors and the West from a religious standpoint. The spiritual revival of Orthodoxy after the collapse of Communism made the Orthodox church in Russia, among other things, an influential political protagonist, which in some cases goes ahead of the Kremlin. Following his identification and analysis, Hovorun suggests ways to bring political Orthodoxy back to the apostolic and patristic track.
Author : Carl S. Tyneh
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1590334663
The Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity. There are over 300 million adherents throughout the world. The Orthodox Church is a fellowship of independent churches, which split form the Roman Church over the question of papal supremacy in 1054. The Orthodox adherents include people in: Greece, Georgia, Russia, and Serbia. There are an estimated one million members in the United States. This Advanced book explains the basic principles of Orthodox Christianity and describes in detail the holidays observed by the Orthodox Church. In addition, relevant book literature is presented in bibliographic form with easy access provided by title, subject and author indexes.
Author : Emmanuel Clapsis
Publisher : Wcc Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015060621144
"Churches seek to supply their people with pastoral support and theological insight, even when the community's self-understanding is evolving in the midst of a pluralistic environment. This anthology explores various ways in which churches of the Orthodox tradition are meeting the challenges of a post-modern world. The authors' presentations identify contemporary opportunities for Christian witness, promoting ministries of healing and renewal within a diverse society. Interesting topics, such as, cultural identity and ethnic conflict, globalization and human rights, violence, forgiveness and reconciliation, world mission and spirituality, are discussed."