Eastern Orthodox perspectives on violence
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Eastern Orthodox perspectives on violence. / Hilton Saggau, Emil.
Religion and Violence . ed. / Ednan Aslan ; Marcia Hermansen. Springer VS : Springer, 2017. p. 73-91 (Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Eastern Orthodox perspectives on violence
AU - Hilton Saggau, Emil
PY - 2017/6/11
Y1 - 2017/6/11
N2 - Abstract: In the post-communist era, the contemporary national Eastern Orthodox churches have often been accused of taking either direct or ideological part in violence across Eastern Europe. In several scholarly analyses, the churches have been linked with ethnic and national violence. They have thus been identified as an ideological root for a distinctive ethno-religious nationalism either blocking the way for a pluralistic society or simply defying it. These cases of violence and conflicts, as well as their subsequent analysis, only point to a practical and visible manifestation of conflicts, and they therefore don’t answer a broader theological question, namely the question of the general position of the Eastern Orthodox churches regarding violence.This article will address this broader question of what the Orthodox churches’ position is on violence and discuss the co-relation and intersection between Orthodoxy and violence. The Orthodox perspectives and positions on religion and violence will be drawn from concrete examples of its historical and contemporary theological teachings.
AB - Abstract: In the post-communist era, the contemporary national Eastern Orthodox churches have often been accused of taking either direct or ideological part in violence across Eastern Europe. In several scholarly analyses, the churches have been linked with ethnic and national violence. They have thus been identified as an ideological root for a distinctive ethno-religious nationalism either blocking the way for a pluralistic society or simply defying it. These cases of violence and conflicts, as well as their subsequent analysis, only point to a practical and visible manifestation of conflicts, and they therefore don’t answer a broader theological question, namely the question of the general position of the Eastern Orthodox churches regarding violence.This article will address this broader question of what the Orthodox churches’ position is on violence and discuss the co-relation and intersection between Orthodoxy and violence. The Orthodox perspectives and positions on religion and violence will be drawn from concrete examples of its historical and contemporary theological teachings.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - Orthodoxy
KW - Religion and violence
KW - Neo-Patristic theology
KW - East Europe
KW - Serbia
UR - https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658183011#aboutAuthors
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-658-18301-1
T3 - Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung
SP - 73
EP - 91
BT - Religion and Violence
A2 - Aslan , Ednan
A2 - Hermansen, Marcia
PB - Springer
CY - Springer VS
ER -
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