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Covering an expanse of more than three thousand years, Hellenic Temples and Christian Churches charts, in one concise volume, the history of Greece’s religious cultures from antiquity all the way through to present, post-independence Greece. Focusing on the encounter and interaction between Hellenism and (Orthodox) Christianity, which is the most salient feature of Greece’s religious landscape—influencing not only Greek religious history, but Greek culture and history as a whole—Vasilios N. Makrides considers the religious cultures of Greece both historically, from the ancient Greek through the Byzantine and the Ottoman periods up to the present, and systematically, by locating common characteristics and trajectories across time. Weaving other traditions including Judaism and Islam into his account, Makrides highlights the patterns of development, continuity, and change that have characterized the country’s long and unique religious history. Contrary to the arguments of those who posit a single, exclusive religious culture for Greece, Makrides demonstrates the diversity and plurality that has characterized Greece’s religious landscape across history. Beautifully written and easy to navigate, Hellenic Temples and Christian Churches offers an essential foundation for students, scholars, and the public on Greece’s long religious history, from ancient Greece and the origins of Christianity to the formation of "Helleno-Christianity" in modern Greece.

Greece --- Religion. --- 2 <495> --- 27 <495> --- 2 <495> Godsdienst. Theologie--Griekenland --- Godsdienst. Theologie--Griekenland --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Griekenland --- Hellenism.

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This book examines and compares, from an interdisciplinary perspective of Religious Studies and International Relations, the conduct and rhetoric of the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Cyprus vis-à-vis the "Europeanisation" process. This study focuses on the conditionality of their "sense of belonging" in the European Union (EU) as their predisposition is dependent, in part, on their sense of "being", as well as on their perception of an ideal type of Europeanness. In this context, this book offers insights on how the Greek and Cypriot Churches, as soft power actors of domestic and European capacity, perceive Europeanness and Otherness ; thereby, the compatibility of the personified Greek and Cypriot states with the EU as a post-Westphilian political-cultural entity comes into view.

Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados --- Cyprus (Archdiocese) --- Europe --- Civilization --- 281.5 --- 281.5 Oosterse, Byzantijnse kerken:--in het algemeen --- Oosterse, Byzantijnse kerken:--in het algemeen --- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. --- Ekklēsia tēs Hellados --- Church of Greece --- Greek Orthodox Church --- Orthodox Eastern Church, Greek --- Ορθόδοξος Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος --- Autokephalos Ekklēsia tēs Kyprou --- Church of Cyprus --- Ekklēsia Kyprou --- Ekklēsia tēs Kyprou --- Hagiōtatē Apostolikē Ekklēsias Kyprou --- Hagiōtatē Ekklēsia tēs Kyprou --- Hiera Archiepiskopē Kyprou --- Kıbrıs Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi --- Orthodox Church, Cyprus --- Orthodox Eastern Church, Cypriote --- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia en Kyprō --- Civilization. --- Europe - Civilization

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The present volume, based on a related conference in Erfurt, offers interdisciplinary insights on the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church or the Pan-Orthodox Council, convened on the island of Crete in June 2016. Although some Orthodox Churches finally declined to participate – the most prominent being the Russian one –, the Council was a most significant development. It brought a considerable number of Orthodox Churches together and discussed crucial issues pertaining to today’s Orthodox world. However, it also vividly revealed existing serious problems of inter-Orthodox communication and collaboration. The contributions in this volume shed light on main issues related to this Council and their multiple repercussions for Pan-Orthodox unity and the future of the Orthodox world.

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The first volume of the new series 'Science and Orthodox Christianity' focuses on the nature of the relationship between modern Science and Orthodox Christianity with its centuries-old tradition. Orthodoxy today shares a variety of - sometimes ambiguous - attitudes towards modern Science shaped by the texts of the Church Fathers, medieval and modern theologians and scholars, as well as contemporary social realities. On the other hand, modern Science, which sprung from the seventeenth-century quest by Western-European philosophers for rationality, is faced with crucial and uneasy questions about the meaning of life and the position of Humankind within the natural world.0The main goal of the volume is to define the patterns of the Science-religion relationship in the Orthodox world, especially in the light of the most recent trends in both Science and Theology. Is this a relationship of dialog or conflict? Of integration or independence? What is the impact of the revival of patristic studies and new theological currents on the relationship? But also what is the relevant impact of new scientific discoveries on the image of the Human and the Universe? Has the modern Science-religion dialog in the West influenced Eastern Christianity in its effort to create new perspectives and concepts in response to new challenges? These questions are crucial for understanding and mapping the current science-religion dialog in the Orthodox world, and apart from recording given views and opinions.

Religion and science --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Religious aspects --- 215 --- 230.21 --- 230.21 Orthodoxe systematische en dogmatische theologie --- Orthodoxe systematische en dogmatische theologie --- 215 Godsdienst en wetenschap --- 215 Religion et science --- Godsdienst en wetenschap --- Religion et science --- Religion and science. --- Religion et sciences

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Der Band geht auf eine internationale Konferenz in Erfurt zurück und ist den aktuellen Beziehungen zwischen Christentum und Menschenrechten in Europa gewidmet. Die Veröffentlichung der offiziellen Position der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche zu den Menschenrechten im Jahre 2008 hat der Diskussion eine neue Dynamik verliehen und intensive Debatten in Ost- und Westeuropa ausgelöst. Die verschiedenen Beiträge behandeln einerseits das russische orthodoxe Dokument zu den Menschenrechten in seinen diversen Dimensionen, sowohl im russischen und breiteren orthodoxen Kontext als auch in seinem Verhältnis zu den westlichen christlichen Kirchen und europäischen säkularen Akteuren und Institutionen. Andererseits werden Positionen zu den Menschenrechten aus katholischer und evangelischer Sicht auf prägnante Weise präsentiert und die Ambivalenzen des modernen Menschenrechtsdiskurses zwischen Säkularismus und Religion thematisiert. «The book contributes to a sensitizing of the differences and similarities in Christian human rights discourse in West and East. [...] It is undoubtedly an indispensable reading for all those who want to get a differentiated picture of Christian human rights discourse in East and West beyond the usual stereotypes of the liberal West and the traditionalist East.» (Regina Elsner, Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Vol. 37/2017) Read the full review here

Human rights --- Christianity --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Influence. --- History.