Orthodox Constructions of the West

Orthodox Constructions of the West
ISBN-10
0823252094
ISBN-13
9780823252091
Category
Religion
Pages
380
Language
English
Published
2013-09-02
Publisher
Fordham Univ Press
Authors
George E. Demacopoulos, Aristotle Papanikolaou

Description

The category of the “West” has played a particularly significant role in the modern Eastern Orthodox imagination. It has functioned as an absolute marker of difference from what is considered to be the essence of Orthodoxy and, thus, ironically has become a constitutive aspect of the modern Orthodox self. The essays collected in this volume examine the many factors that contributed to the “Eastern” construction of the “West” in order to understand why the “West” is so important to the Eastern Christian’s sense of self.

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