TY  - BOOK
AU  - John A. Jillions (Ed.)
AB  - The articles in this collection go well beyond introductions to look deeply at key dimensions of faith, theology, philosophy, liturgy, scripture, spiritual life and thinking on ecology and sexuality that together give a highly textured picture of the Orthodox Churches in the 21st century. The collapse of the Soviet Union has seen the Orthodox Church in Eastern Europe emerge from persecution to rebuild the infrastructure of churches, monasteries and social services and become a powerful cultural force. In contrast, Orthodox Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere are often caught in war, sectarian violence, duress and persecution. Meanwhile, in Western Europe, the Americas, Australia, parts of sub-Saharan Africa and other regions outside its traditional homelands Orthodox Christianity is taking hold as a distinct minority religion and attracting a steady stream of converts. But the faith is also struggling for its identity in cultural environments sometimes hostile to traditional Christianity. How are these churches engaged with secular society, other religions and other Christian churches? How well are Orthodox Churches listening and responding to the changing cultures they are living in? These are some of the fundamental questions being addressed here both theoretically and in case studies.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 26844
KW  - liturgy
KW  - sexuality
KW  - Staniloae
KW  - Patriarch Bartholomew
KW  - secularization
KW  - Russia
KW  - Greece
KW  - ecology
KW  - ecumenism
KW  - mysticism
KW  - scripture
KW  - interfaith
KW  - Romania
KW  - Schmemann
KW  - theology
KW  - spirituality
KW  - philosophy
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Eastern Orthodoxy
KW  - Orthodox Church
KW  - Mt Athos
KW  - culture
KW  - Orthodox Christianity
KW  - sociology of religion
L1  - http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/633
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50654
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9783038426981
SN  - 9783038426974
TI  - Inward Being and Outward Identity: The Orthodox Churches in the 21st Centurynull
ER  - 
