Paradoxe ou ironie ? Le développement de l’Orthodoxie dans l’Occident catholique et l’édition des livres de théologie orthodoxe en France
Paradox or irony? The development of Orthodoxy in the Catholic West and the publication of books on Orthodox theology in France

Author(s): Larisa-Elena Alui-Gheorghe
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, French Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: identity; Occidental Orthodoxy; irony; Occidental Christianity; theology; France;
Summary/Abstract: Our paper aims to analyse a more recent and rather paradoxical phenomenon shown in Western Europe i.e. the publication of Christian Orthodox books, written or translated in French from a traditional Orthodox Christian language. And, as an irony, in a profoundly laic and secularized culture, one can notice the development of an Orthodox Christian terminology as a consequence of translating books with Orthodox Christian matter. Another paradoxical aspect for a strongly secularized country that we aim to analyze is the fact that in France there are many important educational establishments and research centres which are representative for the entire Christian Orthodox world: “St. Serge” Orthodox Theological Institute, “St. Genevieve” Centre, “Dumitru Stăniloae” Scientific and Interdisciplinary Research Centre. Is this a paradox or irony of the Providence, of God eliminated from France during the French Revolution?

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