[Rezension von: Papanikolaou, Aristotle, ca. 21. Jh., The mystical as political]
This recent work by Aristotle Papanikolaou, professor of theology and founding co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, is a profound achievement in political theology. Papanikolaou's work fills a great void in Orthodox Christian studies as well as political t...
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Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Review |
Lingua: | Inglese |
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2015
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A journal of church and state
Anno: 2015, Volume: 57, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 376-378 |
Recensione di: | The mystical as political (Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012) (Payne, Daniel P.)
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Chiesa ortodossa
/ Teologia ortodossa
/ Teologia politica
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Notazioni IxTheo: | FA Teologia KDF Chiesa ortodossa ZC Politica generale |
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Riepilogo: | This recent work by Aristotle Papanikolaou, professor of theology and founding co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, is a profound achievement in political theology. Papanikolaou's work fills a great void in Orthodox Christian studies as well as political theology. Continuing his emphasis on divine-human communion and ecclesiology, he offers the beginnings of a contemporary Eastern Orthodox political theology divorced from imperial and Constantinian traditions found in most Orthodox thought. Additionally, he engages contemporary political theologians and ethicists such as William Cavanaugh, Vigen Guroian, Stanley Hauerwas, John Milbank, and Jeffrey Stout, suggesting possibilities for Christian engagement with liberal democratic civil society that some of these thinkers denounce. What I find particularly helpful in this work is his positive appreciation of liberal democracy and human rights from an Orthodox Christian perspective, which many Orthodox prelates and theologians simply find incompatible with their faith tradition ... |
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ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
Comprende: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csv007 |