Global Eastern Orthodoxy : Politics, Religion, and Human Rights

This volume highlights three intertwined aspects of the global context of Orthodox Christianity: religion, politics, and human rights.

This volume highlights three intertwined aspects of the global context of Orthodox Christianity: religion, politics, and human rights. The chapters in Part I examine such issues as the quest for identity in global Orthodoxy, the role of Orthodox religion in America, Latvia and former Yugoslavia, and the challenges and struggles of the Orthodox diaspora in several countries. Part II examines the relationship between politics and Orthodoxy by exploring topics such as globalization, participatory democracy, and the intertwinement of religious and political discourses in Russia. The final part of the book looks at human rights in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as at Orthodox Christian contributions to human rights challenges. In doing so, the book ties in with the growing interest resulting from the novelty of socio-political, economic, and cultural changes which have forced religious groups and organizations to revise and redesign their own institutional structures, practices and agendas.