1st Edition

Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity

By Paschalis Kitromilides Copyright 2019
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores how the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leading centre of spiritual authority in the Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, coped with political developments from Ottoman times until the present. The book outlines how under the Ottomans, despite difficult circumstances, the Patriarchate managed to draw on its huge symbolic and moral power and organization to uphold the unity and... Read more

Foreword by the Metropolitan of Pergamum Ioannis Zizioulas





Preface





Acknowledgements





Introduction





I. The Orthodox Church and the Enlightenment. Testimonies from the correspondence of Ignatius of Ungrowallachia with G. P. Vieusseux





II. The Orthodox Church in modern state formation in Southeastern Europe





III. The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the challenge of nationalism in the 19th century





IV. The end of empire, Greece’s Asia Minor catastrophe and the Ecumenical Patriarchate





V. The Ecumenical Patriarchate during the Cold War (1946-1991)





VI. A religious International in Southeastern Europe?





VII. Orthodoxy, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict





Ecumenical Patriarchs, 1800 –





Bibliography





Index

Biography

Paschalis M. Kitromilides is Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens, Greece