Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine / George E. Demacopoulos, Aristotle Papanikolaou.
The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox world and in Western political theology....
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of Constantinianism in both the post-communist Orthodox world and in Western political theology. Constructive theological essays feature Catholic and Protestant theologians reflecting on the relationship between Christianity and democracy, as well as Orthodox theologians reflecting on their tradition's relationship to liberal democracy. The essays explore prospects of a distinctively Christian politics in a post-communist, post-Constantinian age. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations, charts, figures, tables |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780823274215 0823274217 9780823274222 0823274225 9780823274239 0823274233 9780823274192 9780823274208 |