Democratization in Christian Orthodox Europe

Comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-50117-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

For a long time, Orthodox Christianity was regarded as a religious tradition that was incompatible with democracy. This book challenges this incompatibility thesis, offering an innovative and fresh theoretical framework for dealing with the issue of Orthodoxy and democracy.

This book focuses on the political behaviour of Orthodox Christian Churches in the democratization processes from a comparative perspective, and shows that different Orthodox Churches acted differently in the democratization processes in Greece, Serbia and Russia. The fundamental question that arises is – why? By focusing on institutions, rather than on political theology, this book answers this question from a comparative perspective. By studying the historical, cultural, and political roles of the Orthodox Christian Church in these three countries, the author examines whether it is logical to presume that the Church played a significant role in the democratization process.

This book will be of great interest to academics and students globally who teach, study, and research in the emerging field of religion and democracy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vekovi¿, Marko

Vekovic, Marko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Orthodoxy and Democratization: Reassessing the Relationship 3. Free-riding of the Church of Greece 4. Leading Role of the Serbian Orthodox Church 5. Reactionary Resistance of the Russian Orthodox Church 6. Three Churches, Three Roads: Comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia 7. Conclusions: What Lessons have we Learned?

Über Autor(innen)

Marko Vekovic is Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics at University of Belgrade, Serbia. He has been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at Temple University (2014), Columbia University (2016), and as a post-doc scholar at University of Erfurt (2019). His work has been published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Church and State, and Democratization.