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New Voices in Greek Orthodox Thought brings to the light and
discusses a strand in contemporary Greek public debate that is
often overlooked, namely progressive religious actors of a western
orientation. International - and Greek - media tend to focus on the
extreme views and to categorise positions in the public debate
along well known dichotomies such as traditionalists vs.
modernsers. Demonstrating that in late modernity, parallel to
rising nationalisms, there is a shift towards religious communities
becoming the central axis for cultural organization and progressive
thinking, the book presents Greece as a case study based on
empirical field data from contemporary theology and religious
education, and makes a unique contribution to ongoing debates about
the public role of religion in contemporary Europe.
New Voices in Greek Orthodox Thought brings to the light and
discusses a strand in contemporary Greek public debate that is
often overlooked, namely progressive religious actors of a western
orientation. International - and Greek - media tend to focus on the
extreme views and to categorise positions in the public debate
along well known dichotomies such as traditionalists vs.
modernsers. Demonstrating that in late modernity, parallel to
rising nationalisms, there is a shift towards religious communities
becoming the central axis for cultural organization and progressive
thinking, the book presents Greece as a case study based on
empirical field data from contemporary theology and religious
education, and makes a unique contribution to ongoing debates about
the public role of religion in contemporary Europe.
The relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox
Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and
contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through
the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars
have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious
tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this
public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox
tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few
years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it
into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies
from different periods of history up to the present day, the
authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation
and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world
and among the Diaspora.
The relationship between tradition and innovation in Orthodox
Christianity has often been problematic, filled with tensions and
contradictions starting from the Byzantine era and running through
the 19th and 20th centuries. For a long period of time scholars
have typically assumed Greek Orthodoxy to be a static religious
tradition with little room for renewal or change. Although this
public perception continues, the immutability of the Greek Orthodox
tradition has been questioned by several scholars over the past few
years. This book continues this line of reasoning, but brings it
into the centre of contemporary discussion. Presenting case studies
from different periods of history up to the present day, the
authors trace different aspects in the development of innovation
and renewal in Orthodox Christianity in the Greek-speaking world
and among the Diaspora.
This book explores the increasing interest in the Ottoman past in
contemporary Greek society and its cultural sphere. It considers
how the changing geo-political balances in South-East Europe since
1989 have offered Greek society an occasion to re-examine the
transition from cultural diversity in the imperial context, to
efforts to homogenize culture in the subsequent national contexts.
This study shows how contemporary immigration and better relations
with Turkey led to new directions in historiography, fiction and
popular culture in the beginning of the twenty-first century. It
focuses on how narratives about cultural co-existence under Ottoman
rule are used as a prism of national self-awareness and argues that
the interpretations of Greece's Ottoman legacy are part of the
cultural battles over national identity and belonging. The book
examines these narratives within the context of tension between
East and West and, not least, Greece's place in Europe.
This book explores the increasing interest in the Ottoman past in
contemporary Greek society and its cultural sphere. It considers
how the changing geo-political balances in South-East Europe since
1989 have offered Greek society an occasion to re-examine the
transition from cultural diversity in the imperial context, to
efforts to homogenize culture in the subsequent national contexts.
This study shows how contemporary immigration and better relations
with Turkey led to new directions in historiography, fiction and
popular culture in the beginning of the twenty-first century. It
focuses on how narratives about cultural co-existence under Ottoman
rule are used as a prism of national self-awareness and argues that
the interpretations of Greece's Ottoman legacy are part of the
cultural battles over national identity and belonging. The book
examines these narratives within the context of tension between
East and West and, not least, Greece's place in Europe.
This book deals with historical consciousness and its artistic
expressions in contemporary Greece since 1989 from the point of
view that contemporary Greeks have been faced with the
contradictions between on the one hand a glorious, world-famous yet
distant past and, on the other, a traumatic contemporary history of
wars, expulsions, civil strife and political and economic crises.
Such clashes of imaginary identifications and collective traumas
call for interpretations not only from historians but also from
artists and storytellers. Therefore, the chapters in this volume
explore the ways in which sensitive and creative perspectives of
art approach and appropriate history in Greece. Through a rich
collection of analytical case studies and creative reflections on
Greece's past, present, and future this volume presents the reader
with the ways a set of contemporary Greek storytellers in different
genres have incorporated previously under-explored or little-known
themes, events, and epochs in modern Greek history showing how the
past, by being interpreted and represented in the present, can
teach us a lot about contemporary Greek society. The themes that
form the point of departure for the stories told or retold cover
various significant components of Greek history and culture such as
ancient myths, the Ottoman period, the Greek War of Independence
and the Greek Civil War, but also less prominent or known aspects
of Greek history such as the Greek Enlightenment, the long and
tragic history of Greek Jewry, and migration to and from Greece.
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