Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World
The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity
This book explores how the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leading centre of spiritual authority in the Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, coped with political developments from Ottoman times until the present. The book outlines how under the Ottomans, despite difficult circumstances, the Patriarchate managed to draw on its huge symbolic and moral power and organization to uphold the unity and catholicity of the Orthodox Church, how it struggled to do this during the subsequent age of nationalism when churches within new nation-states unilaterally claimed their autonomy reflecting local national demands, and how the church coped in the twentiet…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-18541-7
- EAN: 9781351185417
- Produktnummer: 29056567
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'165 KB
- Abbildungen: 9 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 9 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Paschalis M. Kitromilides is Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens, Greece
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