Individual and Community in the Public Discourse of the Orthodox Church
Volume editor Hans-Peter Großhans Volume editor Pantelis Kalaitzidis
Hardback (Published)
(December 2025)
ISBN: 9783506798084
6.1 x 9.25 inches
Price: $113.00
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This book sheds new light on the place of the individual in the Orthodox tradition and theology, its relationship to the community, the communal understanding of the church and the theology of personhood. Furthermore, it discusses issuesrelated to this problematique, such as the weak position of civil society in predominantly Orthodox countries or the question of pluralism and human rights. All contributions of Orthodox theologians and experts on Orthodox Christianity reflect the diverse conceptions of the individual and the community within recent Orthodox theology and churches, and contribute to a modern understanding of Orthodox Christianity. Contributors include Theofilos Abatzidis, Nikolaos Asproulis,Ionut Biliuta, Elisabeth Grab-Schmidt, Hans-Peter Grosshans, Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Christos Karakolis, Assaad Elias Kattan, Katharina Kunter, Lidiya Lozova, Dimitrios Moschos, Basileios Thermos, Ekaterini Tsalampouni.
Hans-Peter Grosshans, Prof. Dr., is Professor for Systematic Theology and Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University Münster (Germany).
Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Dr., is Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in Volos (Greece), and Visiting Professor or Visiting Scholar at several American and European Universities.
- Volume editor Hans-Peter Großhans
- Volume editor Pantelis Kalaitzidis
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Eine theologische Abschlussarbeit aus Riga von 1929
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Wenn Himmel und Erde sich berühren
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Volume 27
Holding Fast to the Mystery of the Faith
Festschrift for Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Volume 10
A History of Dogmatics in the Romanian Orthodox Theology
From the Establishment of Communism to the Challenges of Postmodernity
Volume 16
Perspektiven der Ostkirchenkunde
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Volume 13
Der Mut zum Heil
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Volume 15
The Manifold Faces of the East
Western Images of the Post-Byzantine Christian World in the Age of Reformation
Volume 18
The Representation of Eve and Mary in Selected Russian Icons
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