Political Theologies in Orthodox Christianity: Common Challenges - Divergent Positions
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- What Do We Mean by Political Theology? -- What Do We Mean by Modernity? -- Sociohistorical Contexts and Multiple Modernities -- The Task of Political Theology -- The Content and Structure of this Book -- Conclusion...
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2017
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- What Do We Mean by Political Theology? -- What Do We Mean by Modernity? -- Sociohistorical Contexts and Multiple Modernities -- The Task of Political Theology -- The Content and Structure of this Book -- Conclusion -- Part I ORTHODOX POLITICAL THEOLOGY AND MODERNITY -- Chapter 1 Modernity and Political Theologies -- Distinguishing Modernization from Modernity -- Modernization of Religion -- Defining Political Theologies -- Religious-Cultural Disconnect -- Religious Freedom -- Anthropocentric Morality -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Political Theology in Orthodox Christian Contexts: Specificities and Particularities in Comparison with Western La -- Introduction -- The Relations between Christianity and Politics in the East and West -- Theological Reflection, Innovation, and Change in the East and West -- Christianity and the Challenges of Modernity in the East and West -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3 Political Theology under the Conditions of Modernity: A Catholic Perspective -- Biblical Roots: The Paradoxical Relationship of the Political and the Religious according to St. John -- Theological Coordinates: Three Dichotomies and Their Implications for a Christian Political Theology -- God and Caesar: The Differentiation between the Religious and Worldly Spheres -- "Now" and "Not Yet": Eschatological Tensions and the Dynamics of History -- The Prophetic Mission: Ecclesiastical Institutions and Individual Christian Conscience -- Historical Struggles: The Taming of Caesar and Its Secular Transformation -- Modern Challenges: The Secular State and the Mission of Christian Churches on the Areopag of Modernity -- Chapter 4 European Religious Freedom Norms as a Challenge to Orthodox Churches. Subsidiarity versus Pluralism in the European Institutional Framework for Religious Freedom -- What Does the Convention Say about Religious Freedom? -- Article 9-Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion -- Article 10-Freedom of Expression -- Article 11-Freedom of Association and Assembly -- Article 14-Prohibition of Discrimination17 -- First Protocol, Article 2-Right to Education -- Is There Anything about Those Norms Particularly Challenging to Orthodox Churches? -- Manifestation and Proselytism: The Kokkinakis Case (1993) -- Discrimination, Association, and Canonical Jurisdictions: Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia v. Moldova (2001) -- Education and National Identity: The Case that has yet to reach the ECtHR around Majority Orthodox Teaching in Public Schools -- What Does the Court's Jurisprudence Say about Religious Freedom? -- Do These Norms and Trends Represent a Particular Challenge to the Orthodox Churches? -- Part II PROPHETIC POLITICAL THEOLOGY -- Chapter 5 The Politics of a "Weak Force" -- Sacred Anarchy -- Temptations of Orthodoxy in Orthodox Countries -- Orthodox Religion in the Public Sphere -- The Dialectics of Death and Resurrection -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Orthodox Political Theology: An Anarchist Perspective -- Histories and Political Theologies -- Political Eschatologies: A Deconstruction -- Political Theologies and Theological Politics -- Between the Kingdom of God and "This World" -- "This World" and the Sphere of the Political -- Orthodox Christian Anarchism -- Chapter 7 Eschatological Anarchism: Eschatology and Politics in Contemporary Greek Theology -- Christos Yannaras: A Critic of Modernity -- Pantelis Kalaitzidis: The Context of the Volos Academy -- Orthodoxy and Political Theology: A Critique of Carl Schmitt -- A Political Theology of the Orthodox Christian Left -- The Church, the Public Sphere, and Secularism Post-.Secularism, Dialogue, and the "Cross-.Centred Ethos of Christ" -- The Action of the Church: Eschatology and Witness -- A Christian Secularism of Witness or a Political Theology of the Royal Doors -- Chapter 8 Toward an Orthodox Political Theology: The Church's Theological Foundations and Public Role in the Context of the Gre -- Theological Foundations -- Why Has Orthodoxy Not Developed a "Political Theology"? -- Orthodox Engagement with Political Theology -- Foundations for an Orthodox Political Theology -- The Doctrine of the Trinity and the Incarnation of Jesus Christ -- The Eschatological Dimension -- The Eucharistic Perspective -- The Public Role of the Church and Theology -- A Theo-.political Approach to the Economic Crisis in Greece -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Part III ECCLESIAL POLITICAL THEOLOGY -- Chapter 9 On the Possibility/.Impossibility of an Eastern Orthodox Political Theology -- Chapter 10 The Problematic Issues of Eucharistic Ecclesiology in the Context of Contemporary Political Theology -- Eucharistic Ecclesiology as a Model of the Church -- Eucharistic Ecclesiology in Political Theology -- Afanasiev's Approach -- Zizioulas's Model -- The Problem of Negative Reception -- Radical Collectivity of Eucharistic Ecclesiology -- Some Methodological Issues -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 "Revolt against the Modern World": Theology and the Political in the Thought of Justin Popovic -- Introduction: Maverick Saint-Challenging Theologian -- Christological Grounding of Existence -- Humanism and Theohumanism -- The Political: Europe, Russia, Orthodoxy -- The Political: Ecumenism and the Orthodox Church -- The Political: Saint-Savahood and Serbia -- Popovic's Ecclesial Legacy and the Political -- Conclusion -- Part IV CIVIC POLITICAL THEOLOGY -- Chapter 12 Whose Public? Which Ecclesiology? -- Whose Public? -- Which Ecclesiology? 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 |
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| ISBN: | 0567674169 |