Orthodox Christianity and human rights
By: edited by Alfons Brüning and Evert van der Zweerde
Series: Eastern Christian studies -- v. 13; Eastern Christian studies -- v. 13.
Publisher: Peeters; Peeters Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leuven; Walpole, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9789042925083
Subjects: Human rights; Orthodoxe Kirche; Orthodox Eastern Church; Congresses; Menschenrecht; Church and state; Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche; Orthodoxe Theologie
Description: Orthodox theology and the Orthodox churches had, and continue to have an ambiguous relationship towards the concept of human rights: principle approval often stands alongside serious criticism. This is especially true for those Orthodox churches which have their centre in a country of the former Soviet sphere. On the one hand, especially since the fall of Communism they enjoy religious freedom that forms a central element within the framework of human rights. On the other hand, the transformation process of the 1990s and the challenge of pluralism and globalization have all confronted them with aspects of freedom that could not but affect their stance towards the human rights concept in general.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands on Feb. 9-11, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-389).
Table of contents: title: 1. Claiming Universality; title: The Religious Scope of Human Rights / Johannes A. (Hans) van der Ven; title: Uneasy Alliances : Liberal, Religious and Philosophical Human Rights Discourse / Evert van der Zweerde; title: Natural Law and Natural Rights according to Vladimir Solovyov and Jacques Maritain / Elena Pribytkova; title: 2. Different Civilizations?; title: Humanism and the Traditional Orthodox Culture of Eastern Europe : How Compatible were They in the 16th and 17th Centuries? / Mikhail V. Dmitriev; title: From "Natural Law" to the Idea of Human Rights in 18th-Century Russia : Nobility and Clergy / Tatiana Artemyeva; title: "Freedom" vs. "Morality" : on Orthodox Anti-Westernism and Human Rights / Alfons Brüning; title: 3. Central Terms; title: Human Rights in the 2008 Bilateral Discussions of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Evangelical Church of Germany and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland / Heta Hurskainen; title: Sergey N. Bulgakov's Concept of Human Dignity / Regula Zwahlen; title: The `We' in Normative Political Philosophical Debates : The Position of Christos Yannaras on Human Rights / Kristina Stoeckl; title: 4. Churches, Values And Societal Reality; title: Religiosity, Tolerance and Respect for Human Rights in the Orthodox World / Christopher Marsh and Daniel Payne; title: Human Rights : the Orthodox Churches' Teaching and Survey Data / Inna Naletova; title: Official and Unofficial Voices of the Russian Orthodox Church : Analyzing Human Rights in Official Documents and Personal Interviews / Maija Turunen; title: 5. Church, State, Society; title: Human Rights and Religious Rights : the Context of the Debate in Europe Today and the Orthodox Perspective / Philip Walters; title: The Russian Orthodox Teaching on Human Rights : its Socio-Cultural Significance and its Social Theory Perspective / Alexander Agadjanian; title: Human Rights and their Reception in Orthodoxy : a Romanian Perspective / Radu Preda; title: Bulgarian Orthodoxy and the European Court of Human Rights : The Case of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church / Daniela Kalkandjieva; title: 6. Activism And Reflection; title: "Human Rights as a Pre-Condition for the Inner Life of the Church" : Life, Initiatives and Theology of Father Pavel Adelheim (Pskov, Russia) / Paul Baars; title: Spiritual and Political Dimensions in the Conception of the Russian Orthodox Church Concerning Dignity, Freedom, and Human Rights / Marina Shishova.