Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

A Historical and Theological Investigation into Eastern Christianity between Unity and Plurality

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• Publisher: ibidem
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9783838275680
• Edition: 0

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) faced various iterations of modernization throughout its history. This conflicted encounter continues in the ROC's current resistance against-what it perceives as-Western modernity including liberal and secular values. This study examines the historical development of the ROC's arguments against-and sometimes preferences for-modernization and analyzes which positions ended up influencing the official doctrine. The book's systematic analysis of dogmatic treatises shows the ROC's considerable ability of constructive engagement with various aspects of the modern world. Balancing between theological traditions of unity and plurality, the ROC's today context of operating within an authoritarian state appears to tip the scale in favor of unity.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgment
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Russian Orthodoxy and Modernization: Seven Historical Snapshots
• 3 Dogmatic Orientations and the Tension between Unity and Diversity
• 4 Theological Answers to Secular Challenges?
• 5 Conclusion
• Bibliography