Arguments and Assets of Orthodoxy in Contemporary Europe
Arguments and Assets of Orthodoxy in Contemporary Europe
Author(s): Ioan-Tănase ChişSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Orthodoxy; Churches; unity; divine-humanity; solidarity; subsidiarity; interreligious dialogue;
Summary/Abstract: The cultural complexity of the European geopolitical space comes with a number of new perspectives on the axiological system on which the societies that inhabit it are founded, and this has become an indisputable part of our daily reality. The sensitive points on the daily agenda are just as many chapters of ethical, moral and, no less important, religious debates. If European civilization and modernity are creations, par excellence, of Christianity and remain a mark in the history of Christianity, the mental structures, the anthropological paradigm, the political approach and everyday life are constantly detached from the recipe of christian living. In this context, it is natural and constructive to ask whether Christianity can still offer solutions to a world that manufactures synthetic solutions and what could be the strengths of Orthodoxy so that it, as a depository of a living tradition, can be an offerer today.
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 94/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 103-138
- Page Count: 36
- Language: English