Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness [electronic resource] : Values, Self-Reflection, Dialogue /
Krawchuk, A.editor.
Bremer, T.editor.
From diverse international and multi-disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this volume analyze the experiences, challenges and responses of Orthodox Churches to the foundational transformations associated with the dissolution of the USSR.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figure, Tables, and Maps; General Editor's Preface; Introduction; Part I The Ecclesial Self: Traditional Identities and the Challenges of Pluralism; 1 Russian Orthodoxy between State and Nation; 2 Morality and Patriotism: Continuity and Change in Russian Orthodox Occidentalism since the Soviet Era; 3 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Crossroads: Between Nationalism and Pluralism; 4 The Search for a New Church Consciousness in Current Russian Orthodox Discourse; Part II Perceptions of the Religious Other: Difference and Convergence
5 Between Admiration and Refusal: Roman Catholic Perceptions of Orthodoxy6 Apostolic Continuity in Contradiction to Liberalism? Fields of Tension between Churches in the East and the West; 7 The Image of the Roman Catholic Church in the Orthodox Press of Romania, 1918-1940; 8 "Oh, East Is East, and West Is West . . . ": Th e Character of Orthodox-Greek Catholic Discourse in Ukraine and Its Regional Dimensions; Part III Orthodox Critiques of the West; 9 "The Barbarian West": A Form of Orthodox Christian Anti-Western Critique; 10 Anti-Western Th eology in Greece and Serbia Today
11 Th e Russian Orthodox Church on the Values of Modern SocietyPart IV Encounters with European Values; 12 Eastern Orthodoxy and the Processes of European Integration; 13 The Russian Orthodox Church's Interpretation of European Legal Values (1990-2011); 14 The Russian Orthodox Church in a New Situation in Russia: Challenges and Responses; Part V Prospects for Religious Encounter, Consensus, and Cooperation; 15 Neopatristic Synthesis and Ecumenism: Toward the "Reintegration" of Christian Tradition
16 Justifi cation in the Th eological Conversations between Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Protestant Churches in Germany17 Constructing Interreligious Consensus in the Post-Soviet Space: The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations; Part VI Emerging Encounters and New Challenges in Post-Soviet Central Asia; 18 Muslim-Orthodox Relations in Russia: Contextual Readings of A Common Word; 19 Radical Islam in the Ferghana Valley
20 Uzbek Islamic Extremists in the Civil Wars of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: From Radical Islamic Awakening in the Ferghana Valley to Terrorism with Islamic Vocabulary in WaziristanAbout the Contributors; Index
Includes index.
From diverse international and multi-disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this volume analyze the experiences, challenges and responses of Orthodox Churches to the foundational transformations associated with the dissolution of the USSR.
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