Orthodox paradoxes : : heterogeneities and complexities in contemporary Russian orthodoxy /

Orthodox paradoxes : : heterogeneities and complexities in contemporary Russian orthodoxy / / edited by Katya Tolstaya.

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The contemporary Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is in a paradoxical situation: On all levels of Church life, new practices and concepts are considered to belong to Orthodox tradition, yet at the same time Orthodoxy is regarded as the most “unchangeable” and normative of the Christian confessions. So...

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Superior document:Brill's Series in Church History, Volume 66
TeilnehmendeR:
Tolstaya, Katya, 1970-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Brill's series in church history ; Volume 66.
Physical Description:1 online resource (422 p.)
Notes:Includes papers of the interdisciplinary conference "Orthodox Paradoxes: Heterogeneities and Complexities in Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy", held on 12-14 September 2011 by INaSEC (Institute for the Academic Study of Eastern Christianity at VU University (Amsterdam)).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Orthodox Paradoxes. Introduction / Katya Tolstaya
  • 1 Intellectual Communication of Russian Orthodoxy from the Enlightenment to Modernity / Tatiana Artemyeva
  • 2 The Polemic Concerning Church Slavonic / Wil van den Bercken
  • 3 The Enthronement of Patriarch Kirill. A Liturgical Event / Per-Arne Bodin
  • 4 “Kirill’s Doctrine” and the Potential Transformation of Russian Orthodox Christianity / Alexander Verkhovsky
  • 5 Orthodox Fundamentalism: Intersection of Modernity, Postmodernity, and Tradition / Anastasia V. Mitrofanova
  • 6 Eschatological Expectations in Post-Soviet Russia: Historical Context and Modes of Interpretation / Aleksei Beglov
  • 7 Mediators Between Heaven and Earth: The Forms of Spiritual Guidance and Debate on Spiritual Elders in Present-Day Russian Orthodoxy / Irina Paert
  • 8 Why are Hegumen Paisii and St Maria of Paris not Included in the ROC Calendar of Saints? / Elina Kahla
  • 9 “Social Theology” and Social Work in the Romanian Orthodox Church: A Paradoxical Development? / Iuliana Conovici
  • 10 Participating in the Global Community: The “Syndesmos” Experience of the Kazan Orthodox Youth / Ekaterina Khodzhaeva
  • 11 Orthodoxy and the Politics of Emotion in the Case of “Brother Ioann” Churikov and His Followers, 1910–1914 / Page Herrlinger
  • 12 Postmodern Orthodoxy? Text, Interpretation, and History in Orthodox Scholarship / Frank P. Bestebreurtje
  • 13 Debating the Theology of the Name in Post-Soviet Russia: Metropolitan Ilarion Alfeev and Sergei Khoruzhii / Scott M. Kenworthy
  • 14 Rebuilding the Chain: Tradition, Continuity, and Processions of the Cross in Post-Soviet Russia / Stella Rock
  • 15 Paradoxes of Patriarchy: Orthodoxy and Gender in Post-Soviet Russia / Nadieszda Kizenko
  • 16 Contemporary Russian Church Art―Between Tradition and Modernity / Lidia Chakovskaya
  • 17 Paradoxes and Contradictions in Russian Orthodox Ecumenism. An Analysis of Non-Official Publications in the 1990's / Wil van den Bercken
  • 18 A Dialogue of Paradoxes: Orthodox―Old Catholic Dialogue / Peter-Ben Smit
  • 19 ‘The Language of Fullness and The Language of Emptiness’. Dialogue Between the Russian Orthodox Church and Buddhism? A Paradox / Ton Lathouwers
  • тезисы статей
  • Index of Names.

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