For the Life of the World? And of the Church too! Quality of Ethics as a Diagnostic Key for the Orthodox Church
This article attempts an overall assessment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate document on Orthodox social ethics, For the Life of the World, articulated along three dimensions: a) Radicalism, in terms of the radical reminders on Orthodox morality that the document succeeds in highlighting, b) Pervasive...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-252 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KDF Orthodox Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
theology and sexual identity
B Orthodox ethics B Orthodox church and nationalism B Orthodox church and fundamentalism B Orthodox church and gender equality B Orthodox church and menstruation B Orthodox church and radicalism |
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| Summary: | This article attempts an overall assessment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate document on Orthodox social ethics, For the Life of the World, articulated along three dimensions: a) Radicalism, in terms of the radical reminders on Orthodox morality that the document succeeds in highlighting, b) Pervasiveness, with regard to the question on how the principles exposed in the document are (or should be) valid across all local Orthodox Churches, and c) Consistency, as the inner harmony between these principles and other aspects of Orthodox ecclesiastical life. It is opined that this document is of historical significance and that it can be of great benefit for the entire Church, if applied. Amidst an advanced modernity and on a critical crossroad with post-modernity, a renewal of Orthodox social ethics that both takes under consideration scientific findings and speaks a contemporary ‘language’ that faces subjectivity seriously, was especially necessary. Hereafter, what is at stake is the degree this document will be disseminated, accepted and influential. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09539468211058008 |