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Orthodox paradoxes : heterogeneities and complexities in contemporary Russian orthodoxy
Title
Orthodox paradoxes : heterogeneities and complexities in contemporary Russian orthodoxy / edited by Katya Tolstaya.
ISBN
9789004269323 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004269320 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004269552 (e-book)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
xv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes papers of the interdisciplinary conference "Orthodox Paradoxes: Heterogeneities and Complexities in Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy", held on 12-14 September 2011 by INaSEC (Institute for the Academic Study of Eastern Christianity at VU University (Amsterdam).
In English with summaries in Russian.
Summary
The contemporary Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is in a paradoxical situation: On all levels of Church life, new practices and concepts are considered to belong to Orthodox tradition, yet at the same time Orthodoxy is regarded as the most “unchangeable” and normative of the Christian confessions. So what makes tradition? The nineteen contributions in this volume examine the ambiguities and complexities created by the dynamic between tradition and innovation within the ROC in relation to the fundamental tenets of Orthodoxy. By this focus, the volume offers new insights and highlights the question how to define (Orthodox) Tradition. It addresses “unorthodox” topics of Orthodox paradoxes.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2014
Series
Brill's series in church history ; volume 66
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Communicational aspects. Intellectual communication of Russian Orthodoxy from the enlightenment to modernity / Tatiana Artemyeva ; The polemic concerning Church Slavonic / Wil van den Bercken ; The enthronement of Patriarch Kirill : a liturgical event / Per-Arne Bodin ; "Kirill's Doctrine" and the potential transformation of Russian Orthodox Christianity / Alexander Verkhovsky
Contemporary heterogeneities. Orthodox fundamentalism : intersection of modernity, postmodernity, and tradition / Anastasia V. Mitrofanova ; Eschatological expectations in post-Soviet Russia : historical context and modes of interpretation / Alexei Beglov ; Mediators between heaven and earth : the forms of spiritual guidance and debate on spiritual elders in present-pay Russian Orthodoxy / Irina Paert ; Why are Hegumen Paisii and St Maria of Paris not included in the ROC Calendar of Saints? / Elina Kahla
Aspects of social work. "Social theology" and social work in the Romanian Orthodox Church : a paradoxical development? / Iuliana Conovici ; Participating in the global community : the "Syndesmos" experience of the Kazan Orthodox Youth / Ekaterina Khodzhaeva ; Orthodoxy and the politics of emotion in the case of "Brother Ioann" Churikov and his followers, 1910-1914 / Page Herrlinger
Theological aspects. Postmodern Orthodoxy? : text, interpretation, and history in Orthodox scholarship / Frank P. Bestebreurtje ; Debating the theology of the name in post-Soviet Russia : Metropolitan Ilarion Alfeev and Sergei Khoruzhii / Scott M. Kenworthy
Tradition : transformation or invention? : rebuilding the chain: tradition, continuity, and processions of the cross in post-Soviet Russia / Stella Rock ; Paradoxes of patriarchy : Orthodoxy and gender in post-Soviet Russia / Nadieszda Kizenko ; Contemporary Russian church art? : between tradition and modernity / Lidia Chakovskaya
ROC and ecumenical dialogue. Paradoxes and contradictions in Russian Orthodox ecumenism : an analysis of non-official publications in the 1990s / Wil van den Bercken ; A dialogue of paradoxes : Orthodox-Old Catholic dialogue / Peter-Ben Smit ; 'The language of fullness and the language of emptiness' : dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and Buddhism? : a paradox / Ton Lathouwers.
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