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Orthodox Constructions of the West - (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought) by George E Demacopoulos & Aristotle Papanikolaou (Hardcover)

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  • The category of the "West" has played a particularly significant role in the modern Eastern Orthodox imagination.
  • About the Author: George Demacopoulos is Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Co-Founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.
  • 380 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
  • Series Name: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

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About the Book



The essays collected in this volume represent an ecumenical and interdisciplinary engagement with the numerous factors that have come to comprise the multiple and often ambivalent contours of "Eastern" Christian attitudes towards an ambiguous, multiform, and ever-changing "West."



Book Synopsis



The category of the "West" has played a particularly significant role in the modern Eastern Orthodox imagination. It has functioned as an absolute marker of difference from what is considered to be the essence of Orthodoxy and, thus, ironically has become a constitutive aspect of the modern Orthodox self. The essays collected in this volume examine the many factors that contributed to the "Eastern" construction of the "West" in order to understand why the "West" is so important to the Eastern Christian's sense of self.



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"The authors of these essays critique the predominant practice among many leading Orthodox thinkers of defining Orthodoxy as 'that which Western
Christianity is not.' Through successive layers of historical and theoretical
analysis, the volume shakes this dominant paradigm and demonstrates how much more complex--and problematic--Orthodox constructions of 'the West' are."

-----Perry Hamalis, North Central College

This book represents a significant step in the direction of self-reflection and self-criticism that has almost completely eluded Orthodox identity narratives colored by centuries of political oppression and demographic challenges.
After too long a wait, such an initiative is all the more remarkable: it approaches the prophetic. Demacopoulos and Papanikolaou are to be recognized for having assembled a world-class array of scholars in diverse fields to produce a compilation that is fascinating, accessible, and at points highly challenging. It will inspire heated debate, and will surely become a staging point for future work.

-----Peter C. Bouteneff, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary

It ['Orthodox Constructions of the West'] is a goldmine of insights and wonderfully refreshing blunt talk, making it an excellent book for the scholar and general reader alike.-- "--Eastern Christian Books"



About the Author



George Demacopoulos is Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Co-Founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.

Aristotle Papanikolaou is Professor of Theology and Co-Founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 380
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Christianity
Series Title: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Theme: Orthodox
Format: Hardcover
Author: George E Demacopoulos & Aristotle Papanikolaou
Language: English
Street Date: September 2, 2013
TCIN: 94315621
UPC: 9780823251926
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-1334
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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