Orthodoxy and Fundamentalism - Contemporary Perspectives

This book brings together twelve essays by some of the leading scholars on Orthodox Christianity on the issue of fundamentalism and religious Orthodoxy in the contemporary world.

List of contents

1. The Recent Invention of "Traditional" Orthodoxy
George E. Demacopoulos
2. A Christian Secularism or Fundamentalism as Anti-Pluralism?
Aristotle Papanikolaou
3. The Notion of "Orthodoxy" as the Sole True Faith: A Specific Cause of Orthodox Christian Rigorism/Fundamentalism
Vasilios N. Makrides
4. How to Be the Right Kind of "Fundamentalist"
Davor Džalto
5. "Orthodoxy is the Clue to the Solution": Fundamentalism in the Ideology and Practice of Orthodox Political Movements in Contemporary Russia
Anastasia V. Mitrofanova
6. Pax Russicana and Pax Suecana: The Union of Fundamentalism and Nationalism in Sweden and Russia
Michael Hjälm
7. Fundamentalism and Conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy in the West: Reflections on the Myth of Orthodoxy
Brandon Gallaher
8. Fundamentalism and Dialectical Encounters in the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States: The Case of Elder Ephraim of Arizona
Frances Kostarelos
9. From Orthodoxy to "Orthodoxism": Reflections on a Sad Regression
Haralambos Ventis
10. Theoretical Presupposition of Christian Fundamentalism
Vladan Periši¿
11. Religious Fundamentalism: Theology in the Service of Psychosis
Vasileios Thermos
12. Eschatology and Fundamentalism
Pantelis Kalaitzidis

About the author

Davor Džalto is professor of religion and democracy at Stockholm School of Theology (University College Stockholm), and president of The Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity.
George E. Demacopoulos is Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University, where he co-founded and co-directs the Orthodox Christian Studies Center.

Product details

• Authors: Davor Demacopoulos Dzalto
• Assisted by: Davor D¿alto (Editor), George E. Demacopoulos (Editor), Demacopoulos George E. (Editor), Davor Dzalto (Editor), Davor Džalto (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2022
• EAN: 9781978712454
• ISBN: 978-1-978712-45-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, Theology, Christian theology, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox Churches