Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Europe
edited by J. Sutton and W. van den Bercken
This volume contains selected papers presented at a conference on Orthodox Christianity and its contemporary European setting. The conference was held in England, at the University of Leeds, in June 2001 and drew together historians, theologians, philosophers, specialists in theological education and political scientists. Countries with an Orthodox Christian history were well represented, as well as Orthodoxy in the diaspora and other Christian confessions by representatives from Western Europe and the United States and Canada. The coherence of Orthodox Christianity and contemporary threats to its coherence formed one main strand for reflection, but discussion also broadened out to consider the nature of religious tradition as such. Part I of the collection brings together papers on such matters as identity, nationalism, globalization, human rights discourse, ecumenical dialogue and competing interpretations of what it means to be European. Part II focuses on Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Part III on the traditionally Orthodox countries of Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. The present collection is meant as a contribution to further reflection on Orthodox identity, and relationship between Christianity and culture in Europe at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
This volume contains selected papers presented at a conference on Orthodox Christianity and its contemporary European setting. The conference was held in England, at the University of Leeds, in June 2001 and drew together historians, theologians, philosophers, specialists in theological education and political scientists. Countries with an Orthodox Christian history were well represented, as well as Orthodoxy in the diaspora and other Christian confessions by representatives from Western Europe and the United States and Canada. The coherence of Orthodox Christianity and contemporary threats to its coherence formed one main strand for reflection, but discussion also broadened out to consider the nature of religious tradition as such. Part I of the collection brings together papers on such matters as identity, nationalism, globalization, human rights discourse, ecumenical dialogue and competing interpretations of what it means to be European. Part II focuses on Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Part III on the traditionally Orthodox countries of Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. The present collection is meant as a contribution to further reflection on Orthodox identity, and relationship between Christianity and culture in Europe at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
- Edited by J Sutton
- Edited by W van den Bercken
Other Titles in this Series
Aesthetics as a Religious Factor in Eastern and Western Christianity
Selected Papers of the International Conference Held at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in June 2004
Volume 6
Rites and Rituals of the Christian East
Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, Lebanon, 10-15 July, 2012
Volume 22
Christliche Araber vor dem Islam
Verbreitung und konfessionelle Zugehörigkeit. Eine Hinführung
Volume 7
The “Description of the Times” by Mor Michael the Great (1126-1199)
A Study on its Historical and its Historiographical Context
Volume 27
Heretics and Heresies in the Ancient Church and in Eastern Christianity
Studies in Honour of Adelbert Davids
Volume 10
Studies in Oriental Liturgy
Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, New York, 10-15 June 2014
Volume 28
Inquiries into Eastern Christian Worship
Selected Papers of the Second International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgies, Rome, 17-21 September 2008
Volume 12
Syriac Encounters
Papers from the Sixth North American Syriac Symposium, Duke University, 26-29 June 2011
Volume 20
Syriac in its Multi-cultural Context
First International Syriac Studies Symposium, Mardin Artuklu University, Institute of Living Languages, 20-22 April 2012, Mardin
Volume 23
Scribes and Scriptures
The Church of the East in the Eastern Ottoman Provinces (1500-1850)
Volume 21
Tradition and Innovation in Late- and Postbyzantine Liturgical Chant II
Proceedings of the Congress held at Hernen Castle, the Netherlands, 30 October - 3 November 2008
Volume 17
Tradition and Innovation in Late- and Postbyzantine Liturgical Chant
Acta of the Congress Held at Hernen Castle, the Netherlands, in April 2005
Volume 8
Studies on the Liturgies of the Christian East
Selected Papers from the Third International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, Volos, May 26-30, 2010
Volume 18
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