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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154640503321

Titolo

Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine / George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Fordham University Press, , [2017]

©[2017]

ISBN

0-8232-7422-5

0-8232-7421-7

0-8232-7423-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 pages)

Collana

Orthodox christianity and contemporary thought

Disciplina

261.7

Soggetti

Religion / Religion, Politics & State

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Outrunning Constantine’s Shadow -- Moral Argument in the Human Rights Debate of the Russian Orthodox Church -- Post- Communist Orthodox Countries and Secularization -- Power to the People -- Power, Protest, and Perichoresis -- Strange Fruit -- An Orthodox Encounter with Liberal Democracy -- Democracy and the Dynamics of Death -- “I Have Overcome the World” -- Emperors and Bishops of Constantinople (324–431) -- Stepping Out of Constantine’s Shadow -- “You Cannot Have a Church Without an Empire” -- Roman Catholicism and Democracy: The Postconciliar Era -- How (Not) to Be a Political Theologian -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the 2017 Alpha Sigma Nu Award 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.