ST. GREGORY PALAMAS AND THE OTTOMAN TURKS: PATRISTIC INSIGHTS FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
ST. GREGORY PALAMAS AND THE OTTOMAN TURKS: PATRISTIC INSIGHTS FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Author(s): Pavel PavlovSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, The Ottoman Empire, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: St. Gregory Palamas; Ottoman; Empire; Turkey; tolerance; religious tolerance; coexistence; palamism; hesychasm; Florovsky; Meyendorff;
Summary/Abstract: St. Gregory Palamas, one of the key theologians for, but not only, the theologians of the Russian theological school in Paris as the conceptualizer of a relationship towards Islam. The author examines the proposed method of St. Gregory towards the Ottomans during his time and relates them to the contemporary situation within Europe and beyond. Key points regarding toleration and contemporary attitudes are addressed as well as prejudices, established on uncertain historical facts are brought to light.
Journal: Astra Salvensis - revista de istorie si cultura
- Issue Year: X/2022
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 755-765
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
