Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine
George E Demacopoulos editor Aristotle Papanikolaou editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Published:1st Nov '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Winner of the 2017 Alpha Sigma Nu Award
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.
"Many of us in the field of political theology are poorer for the lack of conversation most of us experience between Eastern and Western political theologies. Even if we are open and sympathetic to one another-and historically that is a big 'if'-the traditions are so distinct from one another that few can claim expertise in both, and so we continue to focus narrowly on our own traditions. This volume represents a welcome change to this pattern, opening a conversation between theologians across Eastern and Western traditions on the timely topics of church and state, democracy, and liberalism." -- -Elizabeth Phillips Tutor in Theology and Ethics, Westcott House, Cambridge
- Winner of Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award 2017
ISBN: 9780823274192
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304 pages