Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age

Tradition Faces the 21st Century

Edited by Victor Roudometof, Alexander Agadjanian, Jerry Pankhurst

Publication date:

28 June 2005

Length of book:

304 pages

Publisher

AltaMira Press

Dimensions:

235x171mm
7x9"

ISBN-13: 9780759105362

Despite over 200 million adherents, Eastern Orthodox Christianity attracts little scholarly attention. While more-covered religions emerge as powerful transnational forces, Eastern Orthodoxy appears doggedly local, linked to the ethnicity and land of the now marginalized Eastern Europe. But Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age brings together new and nuanced understandings of the Orthodox churches—inside and outside of Eastern Europe—as they negotiate an increasingly networked world. The picture that emerges is less of a people stubbornly refusing modernization, more of a people seeking to maintain a stable Orthodox identity in an unstable world. For anyone interested in the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the 21st century, this volume provides the place to begin.
Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age is a valuable contribution....[It] is a highly welcome addition to the literature of religion and globalization.