Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth Century - Southeastern Europ

Informationen zum Autor Lucian N. Leustean is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Klappentext Nation-building processes in the Orthodox commonwealth brought together political institutions and religious communities in their shared aims of achieving national sovereignty. Chronicling how the churches of Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia acquired independence from the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the wake of the Ottoman Empire's decline, Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe examines the role of Orthodox churches in the construction of national identities. Drawing on archival material available after the fall of communism in southeastern Europe and Russia, as well as material published in Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Russian, Orthodox Christianity and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe analyzes the challenges posed by nationalism to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the ways in which Orthodox churches engaged in the nationalist ideology. Zusammenfassung This book explores the impact of nationalism on Orthodox Christianity in nineteenth-century South-Eastern Europe. It analyses the challenges posed by nationalism to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the ways in which Orthodox Churches engaged in the nationalist ideology in Greece! Serbia! Romania and Bulgaria.

Product details

• Authors: Lucian N Leustean, Lucian N. Leustean
• Assisted by: Lucian N Leustean (Editor), Lucian N. Leustean (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2014
• EAN: 9780823256068
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5606-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought (FUP); Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought; Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought; Orthodox Christianity and Cont
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas