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Stoyanov, Yuri (2019) 'The role of religious institutions: Peace in Eastern Orthodoxy.' In: Kulnazarova, Aigul and Popovski, Vesselin, (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Approaches to Peace. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 461-476. (Palgrave Handbooks)

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Abstract

The historical and religious roots, transformations and current manifestations of attitudes to peace and peacebuilding in Eastern Orthodox cultures have attracted less thorough investigation and attention than their Western Christian counterparts to which they offer a number of parallels and differences. The present chapter examines the historical and theological background of these attitudes and their principal sources to chart the principal trajectories of their development into the medieval and modern era. Their significance to the current debates on and approaches to the topical problematic of peace and warfare needs a cautious reassessment, as Orthodox churches and networks have started addressing in earnest the most pressing questions arising from contemporary global and regional models of peacemaking and peacebuilding.

Item Type: Book Chapters
Keywords: Peacebuilding, Eastern Orthodoxy, Just War Theory, Church History, Religion and Politics, War and Religion
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations
D History General and Old World > D History (General)
J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
D History General and Old World
U Military Science
ISBN: 9783319789040
Copyright Statement: This is the version of the chapter accepted for publication in Kulnazarova, Aigul and Popovski, Vesselin, (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Approaches to Peace. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 461-476, (2019). (Palgrave Handbooks). Re-use is subject to the publisher’s terms and conditions
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78905-7_22
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2023 09:42
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/39758
Related URLs: https://link.sp ... -319-78905-7_22 (Publisher URL)

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