1. Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. An Overview Part I: Chalcedonian Churches 2. The Ecumenical Patriarchate 3. The Russian Orthodox Church 4. The Serbian Orthodox Church5. The Romanian Orthodox Church 6. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church 7. The Georgian Orthodox Church 8. The Orthodox Church of Cyprus 9. The Orthodox Church of Greece 10. The Polish Orthodox Church 11. The Orthodox Church of Albania 12. The Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia 13. Orthodox Churches in America 14. The Finnish Orthodox Church 15. Orthodox Churches in Estonia 16. Orthodox Churches in Ukraine 17. The Belarusian Orthodox Church 18. The Lithuanian Orthodox Church 19. The Latvian Orthodox Church 20. Orthodox Churches in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria 21. Orthodox Churches in Moldova 22. The Macedonian Orthodox Church 23. Orthodox Churches in Japan, China and Korea 24. Orthodox Churches in Australia Part II: Non-Chalcedonian Churches 25. The Armenian Apostolic Church 26. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church 27. The Coptic Orthodox Church, Fiona McCallum 28. The Syrian Orthodox Church 29. Syrian Christian Churches in India Part III: The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East 30. The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East Part IV: Greek Catholic Churches in Eastern Europe 31. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 32. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church 33. The Bulgarian Eastern Catholic Church 34. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Part V: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century 35. Orthodox Churches and Migration 36. The Greek Catholic Churches in Post-War Catholic–Orthodox Relations 37. Secularism without Liberalism: Orthodox Churches, Human Rights and American Foreign Policy in Southeastern Europe 38. Orthodox Christianity and Globalisation
Lucian N. Leustean is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
‘This timely collection of essays provides a thorough and nuanced
understanding of the multifaceted role of Eastern Christianity and
politics that takes us beyond the caricatures of the so-called
"clash of civilizations." In this globalized post-secular age of
the resurgence of religion, this book reveals how the form of the
relation between Eastern Christianity and politics is specific to
the particular part of the world in which Eastern Christianity
finds itself--Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, North Africa or
the the diaspora communities of North America, Western Europe and
Australia. Given the utter ignorance of the complexities of Eastern
Christianity that pervades western academic discourse, this book is
a must read for scholars and students of international relations,
politics and the study of religion, as well as government officials
interested in a well-informed and serious engagement with politics
in light of - not in spite of - religion.’ – Aristotle
Papanikolaou, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and
Culture, Fordham University, USA‘This excellent collection brings
together some of the best researchers in the field, who skilfully
tackle the problem of applying traditional understandings of
religion and politics or secularisation theory to the world of
Eastern Christianity. They offer new insights into the ways in
which churches have coped with the particular challenges they face
in responding to political reconstruction, nation-building,
political conflict, religious pluralism and the consequences of
globalisation.’ – John Anderson, Professor of International
Relations, University of St Andrews, UK‘An impressive panorama of
encyclopedic scope on the problems and prospects of the Eastern
Churches. The several chapters provide convincing evidence on the
renewal of religious life and on the strivings of the Orthodox and
other Eastern Churches to come to grips with the challenges of the
twenty first century.’ – Paschalis Kitromilides, Professor of
Political Science, University of Athens, Greece‘One of the
difficulties of understanding the politics of the peoples of
Eastern Europe and their various diasporas, for example in Serbia
and Ukraine, is due to the culpable ignorance of western
journalists of the role of religion in Orthodox cultures. This book
provides a comprehensive and authoritative coverage which could do
much to increase our understanding.’ – David Martin, Professor
Emeritus of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political
Science and Fellow of the British Academy, UK ‘Lucian Leustean has
established himself as the pre-eminent scholar of the Orthodox and
other Eastern Churches. This fascinating collection of essays, all
written by authoritative researchers, discusses the myriad of
issues facing the Orthodox world on every continent. Among the key
issues of 21st century state relations to be discussed are the
tension between the Russian Orthodox and Ukrainian Greek Catholic
communities in Ukraine, the role of the Georgian Church in
asserting that people's nationhood, and that of the nearby Orthodox
Church in Abkhazia; and, in the cauldron of the Middle East, the
politics of the Coptic Church in Egypt and the various churches of
Syria. For students of the coloured revolutions and the Arab
Spring, this book is a must.’ – Geoffrey Swain, Alec Nove Chair in
Russian and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK"This
massive and very impressive volume presents an unusually broad and
contemporary picture of Eastern and Oriental churches, now spread
globally, with a primary focus on politics, or the relationship
between Orthodoxy and state formations."
Reviewed by Walter Sawatsky, Professor Emeritus of Church History &
Mission, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart IN."There
is no single volume that encapsulates so much material on the often
little-known or understood world of Orthodoxy. Mandatory for
reference collections."
--G. P. Cox, Gordon State CollegeSumming Up: Essential. Lower-level
undergraduates and above; general readers.CHOICE
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