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Individual and Community in the Public Discourse of the Orthodox Church Hans-Peter Großhans, Pantelis Kalaitzidis
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Eastern Church Identities ; 22.
- Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Eastern Church Identities 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grosshans.
- Hans.
- Peter.
- Kalaitzidis.
- Pantelis.
- Individual.
- Community.
- Public.
- Discourse.
- Orthodox.
- Church.
- Orthodox Christianity.
- Modernity.
- state.
- Synodality.
- Multiculturalism.
- Individualism.
- Communitarianism.
- Personhood.
- Human Rights.
- Local Subjects:
- Grosshans.
- Hans.
- Peter.
- Kalaitzidis.
- Pantelis.
- Individual.
- Community.
- Public.
- Discourse.
- Orthodox.
- Church.
- Orthodox Christianity.
- Modernity.
- state.
- Synodality.
- Multiculturalism.
- Individualism.
- Communitarianism.
- Personhood.
- Human Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Paderborn Brill Deutschland GmbH 2025
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Hans-Peter Grosshans, Prof. Dr., is Professor for Systematic Theology and Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University Münster (Germany). Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Dr., is Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in Volos (Greece), and Visiting Professor or Visiting Scholar at several American and European Universities.
- Summary:
- This book sheds new light on the place of the individual in the Orthodox tradition and theology, its relationship to the community, the communal understanding of the church and the theology of personhood. Furthermore, it discusses issuesrelated to this problématique, such as the weak position of civil society in predominantly Orthodox countries or the question of pluralism and human rights. All contributions of Orthodox theologians and experts on Orthodox Christianity reflect the diverse conceptions of the individual and the community within recent Orthodox theology and churches, and contribute to a modern understanding of Orthodox Christianity. Contributors include Theofilos Abatzidis, Nikolaos Asproulis,Ionut Biliuta, Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt, Hans-Peter Grosshans, Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Christos Karakolis, Assaad Elias Kattan, Katharina Kunter, Lidiya Lozova, Dimitrios Moschos, Basileios Thermos, Ekaterini Tsalampouni.
- Notes:
- Brill | Schöningh
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-657-79808-0
- 9783657798087
- OCLC:
- 1550791261
- Publisher Number:
- 10.30965/9783657798087 DOI
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