Colonizing Christianity: Greek and Latin Religious Identity in the Era of the Fourth Crusade

Colonizing Christianity: Greek and Latin Religious Identity in the Era of the Fourth Crusade
ISBN-10
0823284441
ISBN-13
9780823284443
Category
Religion
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2019-03-05
Publisher
Fordham Univ Press
Author
George E. Demacopoulos

Description

“A truly extraordinary reevaluation of historical events in light of new theoretical approaches . . . groundbreaking.”?Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies Colonizing Christianity employs postcolonial critique to analyze the transformations of Greek and Latin religious identity in the wake of the Fourth Crusade. Through close readings of texts from the period of Latin occupation, this book argues that the experience of colonization splintered the Greek community over how best to respond to the Latin other while illuminating the mechanisms by which Western Christians authorized and exploited the Christian East. The experience of colonial subjugation opened permanent fissures within the Orthodox community, which struggled to develop a consistent response to aggressive demands for submission to the Roman Church. “Colonizing Christianity's analysis of a number of texts through the lens of colonial and postcolonial theory makes for useful, important, reading. There are significant stakes both for medieval historians and those committed to finding pathways of reconciliation among contemporary Christians.” —David Perry, author of Sacred Plunder: Venice and the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade

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