Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness: Values, Self-Reflection, Dialogue

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Russian Orthodoxy between State and Nation....Pages 17-27
Morality and Patriotism: Continuity and Change in Russian Orthodox Occidentalism since the Soviet Era....Pages 29-46
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Crossroads: Between Nationalism and Pluralism....Pages 47-68
The Search for a New Church Consciousness in Current Russian Orthodox Discourse....Pages 69-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Between Admiration and Refusal: Roman Catholic Perceptions of Orthodoxy....Pages 81-94
Apostolic Continuity in Contradiction to Liberalism? Fields of Tension between Churches in the East and the West....Pages 95-108
The Image of the Roman Catholic Church in the Orthodox Press of Romania, 1918–1940....Pages 109-123
“Oh, East Is East, and West Is West…”: The Character of Orthodox-Greek Catholic Discourse in Ukraine and Its Regional Dimensions....Pages 125-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
“The Barbarian West”: A Form of Orthodox Christian Anti-Western Critique....Pages 141-158
Anti-Western Theology in Greece and Serbia Today....Pages 159-168
The Russian Orthodox Church on the Values of Modern Society....Pages 169-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Eastern Orthodoxy and the Processes of European Integration....Pages 179-206
The Russian Orthodox Church’s Interpretation of European Legal Values (1990–2011)....Pages 207-217
The Russian Orthodox Church in a New Situation in Russia: Challenges and Responses....Pages 219-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Neopatristic Synthesis and Ecumenism: Toward the “Reintegration” of Christian Tradition....Pages 235-260
Justification in the Theological Conversations between Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Protestant Churches in Germany....Pages 261-272
Constructing Interreligious Consensus in the Post-Soviet Space: The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations....Pages 273-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Radical Islam in the Ferghana Valley....Pages 303-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-332
Uzbek Islamic Extremists in the Civil Wars of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: From Radical Islamic Awakening in the Ferghana Valley to Terrorism with Islamic Vocabulary in Waziristan....Pages 301-301
Back Matter....Pages 333-351
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