Orthodox constructions of the West / edited by George E. Demacopoulos and Aristotle Papanikolaou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Demacopoulos, George E.

Papanikolaou, Aristotle.

Series:

Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Relations.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

x, 367 pages.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The category of the "West" has played a particularly significant role in the modern Eastern Orthodox imagination. It has functioned as an absolute marker of difference from what is considered to be the essence of Orthodoxy, and, ironically, has become a constitutive aspect of the modern Orthodox self. The essays collected in this volume examines the many factors that contributed to the "Eastern" construction of the "West" in order to understand why the "West" is so important to the Eastern Christian's sense of self. Book jacket.

Contents:

Orthodox Naming of the Other: A Postcolonial Approach / George E. Demacopoulos Demacopoulos, George E., Aristotle Papanikolaou Papanikolaou, Aristotle 1

Perceptions and Realities in Orthodox-Catholic Relations Today: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future / Robert F. Taft Taft, Robert F. 23

Byzantines, Armenians, and Latins: Unleavened Bread and Heresy in the Tenth Century / Tia Kolbaba Kolbaba, Tia 45

"Light from the "West": Byzantine Readings of Aquinas / Marcus Plested Plested, Marcus 58

From the "Shield of Orthodoxy" to the "Tome of Joy": The Anti-Western Stance of Dositheos II of Jerusalem (1641-1707) / Norman Russell Russell, Norman 71

The Burdens of Tradition: Orthodox Constructions of the West in Russia (late 19th-early 20th cc.) / Vera Shevzov Shevzov, Vera 83

Florovsky's Neopatristic Synthesis and the Future Ways of Orthodox Theology / Paul L. Gavrilyuk Gavrilyuk, Paul L. 102

Eastern "Mystical Theology" or Western "Nouvelle Théologie"?: On the Comparative Reception of Dionysius the Areopagite in Lossky and de Lubac / Sarah Coakley Coakley, Sarah 125

The Image of the West in Contemporary Greek Theology / Pantelis Kalaitzidis Kalaitzidis, Pantelis 142

Christos Yannaras and the Idea of "Dysis" / Basilio Petrà Petrà, Basilio 161

Religion in the Greek Public Sphere: Debating Europe's Influence / Effie Fokas Fokas, Effie 181

Shaking the Comfortable Conceits of Otherness: Political Science and the Study of "Orthodox Constructions of the West" / Elizabeth H. Prodromou Prodromou, Elizabeth H. 193

Eastern Orthodox Constructions of "the West" in the Post-Communist Political Discourse: The Cases of the Romanian and Russian Orthodox Churches / Lucian Turcescu Turcescu, Lucian 211

Primacy and Ecclesiology: The State of the Question / John Panteleimon Manoussakis Manoussakis, John Panteleimon 229

(In)Voluntary Ecumenism: Dumitru Staniloae's Interaction with the West as Open Sobornicity / Radu Bordeianu Bordeianu, Radu 240.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0823251934

9780823251926

0823251926

9780823251933

OCLC:

811599603

Publisher Number:

99955686326