Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the Twenty-first Century

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the Twenty-first Century
ISBN-10
0759105375
ISBN-13
9780759105379
Category
Religion
Pages
308
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Rowman Altamira
Authors
Victor Roudometof, Alexander Agadjanian, Jerry G. Pankhurst

Description

Despite over 200 million adherents, Eastern Orthodox Christianity attracts little scholarly attention. While more-covered religions emerge as powerful transnational forces, Eastern Orthodoxy appears doggedly local, linked to the ethnicity and land of the now marginalized Eastern Europe. But Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age brings together new and nuanced understandings of the Orthodox churches--inside and outside of Eastern Europe--as they negotiate an increasingly networked world. The picture that emerges is less of a people stubbornly refusing modernization, more of a people seeking to maintain a stable Orthodox identity in an unstable world. For anyone interested in the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the 21st century, this volume provides the place to begin.

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