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Democratization in Christian Orthodox Europe: Comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia

Democratization in Christian Orthodox Europe: Comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia

Vekovic, Marko

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

General ChristianityGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 036742083X
ISBN13: 9780367420833
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 25 2020
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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.

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