Inward Being and Outward Identity : : The Orthodox Churches in the 21st Century / / edited by John Jillions.

"How well are Orthodox Churches listening and responding to the changing cultures they are living in? And in these new conditions what does it mean to be faithful to the inner life of the Church, while being engaged "for the life of the world"? These are the main underlying questions...

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Place / Publishing House:Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Religions
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages)
Notes:"This edition is a reprint of the special issue published online in the open access journal Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) from 2016-2018"--Title page verso.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Inward Being and Outward Identity: The Orthodox Churches in the 21st Century / John A. Jillions
  • Orthodoxy in Engagement with the 'Outer' World. The Dynamic of the 'InwardOutward' Cycle / Razvan Porumb
  • 'Neither Victim nor Executioner': Essential Insights from Secularization Theory for the Revitalization of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Contemporary World / Rico G. Monge
  • Knocking on a Saint's Door, or a Quest for Holiness in a Post-Secular / Natalia Naydenova and Yulia Ebzeeva - Religious Diversity in Modern Orthodox Thought / Paul Ladouceur
  • Ecumenism: Rapprochement Through Co-working to Reconciliation /
  • Mimesis or Metamorphosis? Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Practice and Its Philosophical Background / Christina M. Gschwandtner
  • Service and Pro-Existence in the Thought of the Romanian Theologian Dumitru Staniloae: A Path for the Orthodox Church Facing the Challenges of Globalization / Ionut Untea
  • Green Patriarch, Green Patristics: Reclaiming the Deep Ecology of Christian Tradition / Elizabeth Theokritoff
  • Sex, Abortion, Domestic Violence and Other Unmentionables: Orthodox Christian Youth in Kenya and Windows into Their Attitudes about Sex / Joseph William Black
  • Reflections on Reading the Scriptures as an Orthodox Christian / Mary Ford
  • The Healing Spirituality of Eastern Orthodoxy: A Personal Journey of Discovery / Kyriacos C. Markides
  • Death and Dying in Orthodox Liturgy / Nicholas Denysenko
  • The Problem of Church's Defensiveness and Reductionism in Fr. Alexander Schmemann's Ecclesiology (Based on His Journals) / Boris Knorre
  • The Liturgy of Life: Alexander Schmemann / Michael Plekon.