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.

Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought (FUP)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Relations--Catholic Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodox Eastern Church.

Catholic Church.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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, thus, ironically has become a constitutive aspect of the modern Orthodox self. The essays collected in this volume examine 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Orthodox Naming of the Other: A Postcolonial Approach

Perceptions and Realities in Orthodox- Catholic Relations Today: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future

Byzantines, Armenians, and Latins: Unleavened Bread and Heresy in the Tenth Century Byzantines, Armenians, and Latins: Unleavened Bread and Heresy in the Tenth Century

“Light from the West”: Byzantine Readings of Aquinas

From the “Shield of Orthodoxy” to the “Tome of Joy”: The Anti- Western Stance of Dositheos II of Jerusalem (1641– 1707)

The Burdens of Tradition: Orthodox Constructions of the West in Russia (late 19th– early 20th cc.)

Florovsky’s Neopatristic Synthesis and the Future Ways of Orthodox Theology

Eastern “Mystical Theology” or Western “Nouvelle Théologie”?: On the Comparative Reception of Dionysius the Areopagite in Lossky and de Lubac

The Image of the West in Contemporary Greek Theology

Christos Yannaras and the Idea of “Dysis”

Religion in the Greek Public Sphere: Debating Europe’s Influence

Shaking the Comfortable Conceits of Otherness: Political Science and the Study of “Orthodox Constructions of the West”

Eastern Orthodox Constructions of “the West” in the Post- Communist Political Discourse: The Cases of the Romanian and RussianOrthodox Churches

Primacy and Ecclesiology: The State of the Question

(In)Voluntary Ecumenism: Dumitru Staniloae’s Interaction with the West as Open Sobornicity

Notes

Contributors

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780823251933

0823251934

9780823253067

0823253066

9780823252060

082325206X

9780823252091

0823252094

9780823252107

0823252108

OCLC:

859159631