Sebastian Rimestad

Orthodox Christian Identity in Western Europe

Contesting Religious Authority

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the discourses of Orthodox Christianity in Western Europe to demonstrate the emerging discrepancies between the mother Church in the East and its newer Western congregations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780367484187
• ISBN-10: 0367484188
• Artikelnr.: 60594300

Autorenporträt

Sebastian Rimestad is a senior researcher at the Department of Religious Studies specialising in Christianity. He is the author of The Challenges of Modernity to the Orthodox Church in Estonia and Latvia (1917-1945) (2012), and has published numerous articles on various topics connected with Orthodox Christianity and religion in modernising societies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notes on Terminology
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 The Orthodox Faithful as 'Diaspora'? The Pastoral Discourse
3 The Territoriality of Orthodox Church Structures: The Ecclesiological Discourse
4 Orthodox Jurisdictions as Organisations: The Institutional Discourse
5 The Christian Church as One: The Ecumenical Discourse
6 Conclusion

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Preface; Notes on Terminology; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Orthodox Faithful as 'Diaspora'? The Pastoral Discourse; 3 The Territoriality of Orthodox Church Structures: The Ecclesiological Discourse; 4 Orthodox Jurisdictions as Organisations: The Institutional Discourse; 5 The Christian Church as One: The Ecumenical Discourse; 6 Conclusion