Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World: The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity

Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by the Metropolitan of Pergamum -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Original publications -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 The Orthodox Church and the Enlightenment: Testimonies from the correspondence of Ignatius of Ungrowallachia wi...

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Main Author: Kitromilides, Paschalis (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States Ser
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Kitromilides, Paschalis: Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World : The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9780815394648
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by the Metropolitan of Pergamum -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Original publications -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 The Orthodox Church and the Enlightenment: Testimonies from the correspondence of Ignatius of Ungrowallachia with G. P. Vieusseux -- Notes -- 2 The Orthodox Church in modern state formation in Southeastern Europe -- The Orthodox Church and Christian society in the Balkans under Ottoman rule -- The Orthodox Church and the national liberation movements in the Balkans -- The Orthodox Church as a state institution in the new national states in the Balkans -- In lieu of conclusion: the idea of a "national church" and its antinomies -- Notes -- 3 The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the challenge of nationalism in the nineteenth century: an age of ideological encounters -- The Orthodox Church and the advent of national states in the Balkans -- The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the governance of the Orthodox community in the Ottoman Empire -- The Church and the Ottoman state -- Notes -- 4 The end of empire, Greece's Asia Minor catastrophe and the Ecumenical Patriarchate -- An age of flowering -- Tragedy and crisis -- Perseverance and mission -- Notes -- 5 The Ecumenical Patriarchate during the Cold War (1946-1991) -- Introduction: the legacy of interwar problems -- The impact of world and regional power politics -- In the service of Christian unity -- Constantinople and Moscow -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 A religious international in Southeastern Europe? -- Premodern forms of religious "interculturalism" in the Orthodox world -- Initiatives towards an Orthodox International after the Cold War -- Notes -- 7 Orthodoxy, nationalism and ethnic conflict
Orthodoxy on a social and political level equals ecumenicity in the authentic and original spirit of evangelical Christianity and of the Christian tradition -- The identification of Orthodoxy with nationalism is a product of anachronistic judgement and misunderstanding of the historical record -- The local national Orthodox churches on account of their discourse and action in the world are not free of responsibility for mis-judgements and anachronisms concerning their involvement with nationalism and ethnic conflict -- Notes -- Ecumenical Patriarchs since 1800 -- Bibliography -- Archival and manuscript sources -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Index
ISBN:135118542X