Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age

Tradition Faces the 21st Century
Herausgeber: Roudometof, Victor; Pankhurst, Jerry; Agadjanian, Alexander

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite over 200 million adherents, Eastern Orthodox Christianity attracts little scholarly attention. While more-covered religions emerge as powerful transnational forces, Eastern Orthodoxy appears doggedly local, linked to the ethnicity and land of the now marginalized Eastern Europe. But Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age brings together new and nuanced understandings of the Orthodox churches-inside and outside of Eastern Europe-as they negotiate an increasingly networked world. The picture that emerges is less of a people stubbornly refusing modernization, more of a people seeking to maintain a stable Orthodox identity in an unstable world. For anyone interested in the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the 21st century, this volume provides the place to begin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9780759105362
• ISBN-10: 0759105367
• Artikelnr.: 21069719

Autorenporträt

Victor Roudometof is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Cyprus. Alexander Agadjanian is teaching at the Center for the Study of Religion, Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow. Jerry Pankhurst is professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Foreword 2 Preface 3 Introduction: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age:
Preliminary Considerations Part 4 East European Experiences 5 Globalization
and Identity Discourse in Russian Orthodoxy 6 From Hot War to Cold
Integration? Serbian Orthodox Voices on Globalization and the European
Union 7 Orthodoxy as Public Religion in Post-1989 Greece 8 Church,
Identity, Politics: Ecclesiastical Functions and Expectations Toward
Churches in Post-1989 Romania 9 Globalization, Nationalism, and Orthodoxy:
The Case of Ukranian Nation-Building Part 10 Comparative Perspectives and
Transnational Connections 11 Orthodox Christianity, Rationalization,
Modernization: A Reassessment 12 A Transnational Religious Community
Gathers Around an Icon: The Return of the Tsar 13 Living Eastern Orthodox
Religion in the United States 14 The Greek Orthodox Church in the US:
Crisis or Transition? 15 Bibliographical Notes 16 Index

Rezensionen

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age is a valuable contribution...[It] is a highly welcome addition to the literature of religion and globalization. Oxford University Press Very simply, this is an important book...Throughout the volume, we see that there has been a very thoughtful and thorough scholarly discussion... -- Anton C. Vrame, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review