Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century

ISBN-10:
0759105375
ISBN-13:
9780759105379
Pub. Date:
03/07/2006
Publisher:
AltaMira Press
ISBN-10:
0759105375
ISBN-13:
9780759105379
Pub. Date:
03/07/2006
Publisher:
AltaMira Press
Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century

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Overview

Despite over 200 million adherents, Eastern Orthodox Christianity attracts little scholarly attention. While more-covered religions emerge as powerful transnational forces, Eastern Orthodoxy appears doggedly local, linked to the ethnicity and land of the now marginalized Eastern Europe. But Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age brings together new and nuanced understandings of the Orthodox churches—inside and outside of Eastern Europe—as they negotiate an increasingly networked world. The picture that emerges is less of a people stubbornly refusing modernization, more of a people seeking to maintain a stable Orthodox identity in an unstable world. For anyone interested in the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the 21st century, this volume provides the place to begin.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759105379
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 03/07/2006
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.54(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Victor Roudometof is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Cyprus. Alexander Agadjanian is teaching at the Center for the Study of Religion, Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow. Jerry Pankhurst is professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University.

Table of Contents

1 Foreword 2 Preface 3 Introduction: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Preliminary Considerations Part 4 East European Experiences 5 Globalization and Identity Discourse in Russian Orthodoxy 6 From Hot War to Cold Integration? Serbian Orthodox Voices on Globalization and the European Union 7 Orthodoxy as Public Religion in Post-1989 Greece 8 Church, Identity, Politics: Ecclesiastical Functions and Expectations Toward Churches in Post-1989 Romania 9 Globalization, Nationalism, and Orthodoxy: The Case of Ukranian Nation-Building Part 10 Comparative Perspectives and Transnational Connections 11 Orthodox Christianity, Rationalization, Modernization: A Reassessment 12 A Transnational Religious Community Gathers Around an Icon: The Return of the Tsar 13 Living Eastern Orthodox Religion in the United States 14 The Greek Orthodox Church in the US: Crisis or Transition? 15 Bibliographical Notes 16 Index
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