Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age Tradition Faces the 21st Century

by Roudometof, Victor; Agadjanian, Alexander; Pankhurst, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780759105362
• ISBN10: 0759105367
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-28
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Sabrina P. Ramet
Preface	xiii
1. Introduction: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age-Preliminary Considerations	1	(28)
Alexander Agadjanian and Victor Roudometof
I PART East European Experiences
2. Globalization and Identity Discourse in Russian Orthodoxy	29	(29)
Alexander Agadjanian and Kathy Rousselet
3. From Hot War to Cold Integration? Serbian Orthodox Voices on Globalization and the European Union	58	(26)
Klaus Buchenau
4. Orthodoxy As Public Religion in Post-1989 Greece	84	(25)
Victor Roudometof
5. Church, Identity, Politics: Ecclesiastical Functions and Expectations toward Churches in Post-1989 Romania	109	(35)
Gavril Flora and Georgina Szilagyi
6. Globalization, Nationalism, and Orthodoxy: The Case of Ukrainian Nation Building	144	(35)
Victor Yelensky
II PART Comparative Perspectives and Transnational Connections
7. Orthodox Christianity, Rationalization, Modernization: A Reassessment	179	(31)
Vasilios N. Makrides
8. A Transnational Religious Community Gathers around an Icon: The Return of the Tsar	210	(14)
Nina Schmit
9. Living Eastern Orthodox Religion in the United States	224	(21)
Dmitro Volkov
10. The Greek Orthodox Church in the United States: (Private) Crisis or Transition?	245	(30)
George A. Kourvetaris
Index	275	(12)
About the Editors and Contributors	287