The Orthodox Preference for Democracy: An American Response to “The Church in the Public Square” (Section II), in For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church

In For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church, there is a clear preference for the “democratic genius of the modern age.” This preference for democracy is due, in part, to the long experience of the Orthodox Church with other governmental forms, especially autocratic and...

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Published in:Theology today
Main Author: Tobias, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2022
In: Theology today
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDF Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Rigorism
B Bulgakov
B Fundamentalism
B Democracy
B anti-modernism
B American Orthodox
B Authoritarianism
B Secularism
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Summary:In For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church, there is a clear preference for the “democratic genius of the modern age.” This preference for democracy is due, in part, to the long experience of the Orthodox Church with other governmental forms, especially autocratic and authoritarian states.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00405736211048809