Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759105375 ISBN 13: 9780759105379

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2006

Synopsis

Despite over 200 million adherents, Eastern Orthodox Christianity attracts little scholarly attention. While more-covered religions emerge as powerful transnational forces, Eastern Orthodoxy appears doggedly local, linked to the ethnicity and land of the now marginalized Eastern Europe. But Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age brings together new and nuanced understandings of the Orthodox churches―inside and outside of Eastern Europe―as they negotiate an increasingly networked world. The picture that emerges is less of a people stubbornly refusing modernization, more of a people seeking to maintain a stable Orthodox identity in an unstable world. For anyone interested in the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the 21st century, this volume provides the place to begin.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Roudometof is assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Cyprus. Alexander Agadjanian is teaching at the Center for the Study of Religion, Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow. Jerry Pankhurst is professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University.

Review:

Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age is a valuable contribution....[It] is a highly welcome addition to the literature of religion and globalization. (Oxford University Press)

Very simply, this is an important book...Throughout the volume, we see that there has been a very thoughtful and thorough scholarly discussion... (Anton C. Vrame, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0759105375
• ISBN 13: 9780759105379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Roudometof Victor, Agadjanian Alexander, Pankhurst Jerry