Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century [Hardcover]

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of Eastern Christian churches in Europe, the Middle East, America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it examines both Orthodox and Oriental churches from the end of the Cold War up to the present day. The book offers a unique insight into the myriad church-state relations in Eastern Christianity and tackles contemporary concerns, opportunities and challenges, such as religious revival after the fall of communism; churches and democracy; relations between Orthodox, Catholic and Greek Catholic churches; religious education and monastic life; the size and structure of congregations; and the impact of migration, secularisation and globalisation on Eastern Christianity in the twenty-first century.

1. Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. An Overview, Lucian N. Leustean Part I: Chalcedonian Churches2. The Ecumenical Patriarchate, Lucian N. Leustean3. The Russian Orthodox Church, Zoe Knox and Anastasia Mitrofanova4. The Serbian Orthodox Church, Klaus Buchenau 5. The Romanian Orthodox Church, Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan6. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Daniela Kalkandjieva7. The Georgian Orthodox Church, Paul Crego8. The Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Victor Roudometof and Irene Dietzel 9. The Orthodox Church of Greece, Vasilios N. Makrides10. The Polish Orthodox Church, Edward D. Wynot11. The Orthodox Church of Albania, Nicolas Pano12. The Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Tom?a Havl?1ek 13. Orthodox Churches in America, Alexei D. Krindatch and John H. Erickson14. The Finnish Orthodox Church, Teuvo Laitila15. Orthodox Churches in Estonia, Sebastian Rimestad16. Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, Zenon V. Wasyliwls¢