Emperors and elections : reconciling the Orthodox tradition with modern politics /
"This work seeks to reexamine the traditional understanding of the role of the Emperor in the Orthodox world as well as to provide insight into the Orthodox notion of conciliarity as reflected both in Church and state structures of the historic Orthodox world. Far from being a semidivine figure...
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Huntington, NY :
Troitsa Books,
c2000.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Gvosdev, Nikolas K., |d 1969- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Emperors and elections : |b reconciling the Orthodox tradition with modern politics / |c Nikolas K. Gvosdev. |
| 260 | |a Huntington, NY : |b Troitsa Books, |c c2000. | ||
| 300 | |a 156 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-151) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Does Orthodoxy Have a Role to Play in the Modern World? -- |t Critiques of Orthodoxy: Some General Remarks -- |t Orthodoxy and the State -- |t The Problem of the Emperor in Orthodox Thought -- |t Re-Assessing the Canonical Position of the Emperor Within the Orthodox Church -- |t Orthixodoxy and the Foundations of Democratic Republicanism -- |t The Elective and Conciliar Principles in Orthodox Tradition -- |t Political Economy Within The Orthodox Social Tradition -- |t Education In The Orthodox Tradition. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "This work seeks to reexamine the traditional understanding of the role of the Emperor in the Orthodox world as well as to provide insight into the Orthodox notion of conciliarity as reflected both in Church and state structures of the historic Orthodox world. Far from being a semidivine figure, the Emperor's position in the Church developed based on his position as the representative of the laity. The concept of popular election is not a modern or Western idea but very much rooted in the historic experience of local Orthodox congregations and communities. The Fathers of the Church saw human beings as being gifted with free will, reason, and responsibility, capable of self-determination and choice. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Not only can Orthodoxy comfortably co-exist with the institutions of modern democracy, Orthodox concepts about the dignity of the individual and the importance of the community can make a valuable contribution to modern political thought."--Jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Church and state |x Orthodox Eastern Church. | |
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