Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine /
Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine /
George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou, editors.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (272 pages).
- Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought .
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Moral argument in the human rights debate of the Russian orthodox church -- Post-communist orthodox countries and secularization : the Lautsi case and the fracture of Europe -- Power to the people : orthodoxy, consociational democracy, and the move beyond phyletism -- Power, protest, and perichoresis : on being church in a troubled world -- Strange fruit : Augustine, liberalism, and the good Samaritan -- An orthodox encounter with liberal democracy -- Democracy and the dynamics of death : orthodox reflections on the origin, purpose, and limits of politics -- "I have overcome the world" : the church, the liberal state, and Christ's two natures in the Russian politics of theosis -- Emperors and bishops of Constantinople -- Stepping out of Constantine's shadow -- "You cannot have a church without an Empire" : political orthodoxy in Byzantium -- Roman catholicism and democracy : the postconciliar era -- How (not) to be a political theologian.
Open Access
The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox world and in Western political theology. Constructive theological essays feature Catholic and Protestant theologians reflecting on the relationship between Christianity and democracy, as well as Orthodox theologians reflecting on their tradition's relationship to liberal democracy. The essays explore prospects of a distinctively Christian politics in a post-communist, post-Constantinian age.
9780823274222
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 --Influence.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
church history.
Christianisme et politique.
Église--Histoire.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity
Church history
Christianity and politics
Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and politics.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Moral argument in the human rights debate of the Russian orthodox church -- Post-communist orthodox countries and secularization : the Lautsi case and the fracture of Europe -- Power to the people : orthodoxy, consociational democracy, and the move beyond phyletism -- Power, protest, and perichoresis : on being church in a troubled world -- Strange fruit : Augustine, liberalism, and the good Samaritan -- An orthodox encounter with liberal democracy -- Democracy and the dynamics of death : orthodox reflections on the origin, purpose, and limits of politics -- "I have overcome the world" : the church, the liberal state, and Christ's two natures in the Russian politics of theosis -- Emperors and bishops of Constantinople -- Stepping out of Constantine's shadow -- "You cannot have a church without an Empire" : political orthodoxy in Byzantium -- Roman catholicism and democracy : the postconciliar era -- How (not) to be a political theologian.
Open Access
The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox world and in Western political theology. Constructive theological essays feature Catholic and Protestant theologians reflecting on the relationship between Christianity and democracy, as well as Orthodox theologians reflecting on their tradition's relationship to liberal democracy. The essays explore prospects of a distinctively Christian politics in a post-communist, post-Constantinian age.
9780823274222
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 --Influence.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
church history.
Christianisme et politique.
Église--Histoire.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity
Church history
Christianity and politics
Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and politics.
Church history.
Electronic books.