The Russian Orthodox Church and modernity : a historical and theological investigation into Eastern Christianity between unity and plurality /
"The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) faced various iterations of modernization throughout its history. This conflicted encounter continues in the ROC's current resistance against--what it perceives as--Western modernity including liberal and secular values. This study examines the historical...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stuttgart :
Ibidem-Verlag,
[2021]
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Colección: | Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;
v. 236. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Russian Orthodoxy and Modernization: Seven Historical Snapshots
- 2.1 15th/16th century: The crisis of tradition
- 2.2 The crisis of belonging: The liturgical reforms of the 17th century
- 2.3 The crisis of the self-evident: Peter I's reforms and the synodal period
- 2.4 Religious-philosophical awakening in the 19th century
- 2.5 The Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church 1917-1918
- 2.6 The Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union
- 2.7 The challenge of freedom: The end of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the 21st century
- 2.8 Summary: Central argumentation lines
- 3 Dogmatic Orientations and the Tension between Unity and Diversity
- 3.1 The incomprehensibility of the trinitarian unity of diversity
- 3.2 Human being between unity and multiplicity
- 3.3 Church communion as unity in diversity
- 3.4 Summary: The tension between unity and diversity as a paradigm of Russian Orthodox theology
- 4 Theological Answers to Secular Challenges?
- 4.1 The unity of the Church and diversity in the Church
- 4.2 The unity of the people and diversity of opinion
- 4.3 The unity of the world and cultural diversity
- 5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Literature