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Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe: Contesting Religious Authority

Sebastian Rimestad

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Description:This book analyses the discourses of Orthodox Christianity in Western Europe to demonstrate the emerging discrepancies between the mother Church in the East and its newer Western congregations. Showing the genesis and development of these discourses over the 20th century, it examines the challenges the Orthodox Church is facing in the modern world.Organised along four different discursive fields, the book uses these fields to bring valuable insights the contemporary Orthodox Church. It explores pastoral, ecclesiological, institutional and ecumenical discourses in order to present a holistic view of how the Church views itself and how it seeks to interact with other denominations. Taken together, these four discursive fields reveal a discursive vitality outside of the traditionally Orthodox societies that is, however, only partly reabsorbed by the church hierarchs in core Orthodox regions, like Southeast Europe and Russia.The Orthodox Church is a complex and multifaceted global reality.Therefore, this book will be a vital guide to scholars studying the Orthodox Church, ecumenism and religion in Europe, as well as those working in religious studies, sociology of religion, and theology more generally.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe: Contesting Religious Authority. To get started finding Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe: Contesting Religious Authority, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book analyses the discourses of Orthodox Christianity in Western Europe to demonstrate the emerging discrepancies between the mother Church in the East and its newer Western congregations. Showing the genesis and development of these discourses over the 20th century, it examines the challenges the Orthodox Church is facing in the modern world.Organised along four different discursive fields, the book uses these fields to bring valuable insights the contemporary Orthodox Church. It explores pastoral, ecclesiological, institutional and ecumenical discourses in order to present a holistic view of how the Church views itself and how it seeks to interact with other denominations. Taken together, these four discursive fields reveal a discursive vitality outside of the traditionally Orthodox societies that is, however, only partly reabsorbed by the church hierarchs in core Orthodox regions, like Southeast Europe and Russia.The Orthodox Church is a complex and multifaceted global reality.Therefore, this book will be a vital guide to scholars studying the Orthodox Church, ecumenism and religion in Europe, as well as those working in religious studies, sociology of religion, and theology more generally.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe: Contesting Religious Authority. To get started finding Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe: Contesting Religious Authority, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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