Orthodox witness today
By: Hilarion Alfeyev.
Publisher: WCC Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Relations; Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ; Theology -- Study and teaching -- Orthodox Eastern Church; Secularism
Description: Offering an exploration of Christianity and secularisation in contemporary society, this book provides a view of central issues in inter-Orthodox, Orthodox-Protestant and Orthodox-Catholic dialogues. It describes Christian churches and ecumenical bodies that are under pressure both from modern culture and due to their own, internal struggles.
Notes: Collection of papers, some translated from Russian, some previously published.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Samuel Kobia; title: pt.1. Ecumenical dialogue. Orthodox participation in the ecumenical movement : prospects in light of the Special Commission; title: Ecumenical councils : a contribution to the dialogue between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches; title: Prospects for the Catholic-Orthodox relations; title: The Orthodox understanding of primacy and catholicity; title: pt. 2. Theological education yesterday and today. Orthodox theological education in Russia : problems and tasks; title: Theological education in the Christian East : first to sixth centuries; title: pt. 3. Orthodox witness in a modern age. The socio-political relevance of Orthodox Christianity in Russia; title: Orthodox theology in the twenty-first century; title: The patristic heritage and modernity; title: Orthodox worship as a school of theology; title: Orthodoxy in a new Europe : problems and perspectives; title: pt. 4. Christianity versus secularism. Christian witness to a uniting Europe; title: Christianity and the challenge of militant secularism; title: A blessing or a curse? : tradition and liberal values in the debate between Christianity and secularism.