Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine

Winner of the 2017 Alpha Sigma Nu Award The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Papanikolaou, Aristotle, editor (editor), Demacopoulos, George E., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press [2017]
Edition:First edition
Series:Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426268306719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Outrunning Constantine’s Shadow
  • Moral Argument in the Human Rights Debate of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Post- Communist Orthodox Countries and Secularization
  • Power to the People
  • Power, Protest, and Perichoresis
  • Strange Fruit
  • An Orthodox Encounter with Liberal Democracy
  • Democracy and the Dynamics of Death
  • “I Have Overcome the World”
  • Emperors and Bishops of Constantinople (324–431)
  • Stepping Out of Constantine’s Shadow
  • “You Cannot Have a Church Without an Empire”
  • Roman Catholicism and Democracy: The Postconciliar Era
  • How (Not) to Be a Political Theologian
  • Contributors
  • Index