1st Edition

Legal Thought and Eastern Orthodox Christianity The Addresses of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

Edited By Norman Doe, Aetios Nikiforos Copyright 2024
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, has thought profoundly about the role of law as it applies to the church, to civic life in Europe, to human rights, to religious freedom, and to the environment. In this book, leading scholars across the world reflect critically on the significance of his legal thought for human flourishing, for... Read more

Preface – Norman Doe and Aetios Nikiforos

List of Contributors

Introduction – Norman Doe and Aetios Nikiforos

Address I: Canon Law and Christian Law

Chapter 1: The Canonist Patriarch: His All-Holiness Bartholomew and the Development of Canon Law – Aetios Nikiforos

Chapter 2: The Principles of Christian Law – Norman Doe

Address II: Religion in a Changing Europe

Chapter 3: The European Union and Religion – Frank Cranmer

Chapter 4: The States of Europe and Religion – Miguel Blanco

Address III: Human Rights

Chapter 5: Human Rights and Orthodox Christianity: Learning from Our Differences – John Witte

Chapter 6: Better Human Rights: The Orthodox Lesson – Andrea Pin

Address IV: Religious Freedom

Chapter 7: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to Religious Freedom – Isidoros Katsos

Chapter 8: Ecumenical Approaches to Religious Freedom – Mark Hill

Address V: The Environment

Chapter 9: From Crisis to Kairos: The ‘Green Patriarch’ and Environmental Law – M. Christian Green

Chapter 10: Climate Change, Christian Ethics, and Christian Theology: Ecumenical Imperatives – Frederick Simmons

Conclusion: Reflections – Christopher Hill

Index

Biography

Norman Doe is Professor and Director, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff Law School, Academic Bencher, Inner Temple, and Chancellor, Diocese of Bangor, Church in Wales.

Aetios Nikiforos, The Very Rev Grand Ecclesiarch, is Director of the Private Office of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Secretary of the Synodal Commissions on Canon Law Issues and on Inter-Orthodox Affairs, and Doctoral Candidate in Canon Law at Cardiff University.