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A lineage in land: the transmission of Palestinian Christianity
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 670-691, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines a Christian tradition defined by descent, but a descent that extends beyond family lineages to include relatedness with saints and sacred land. This tradition emerges from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, one of the oldest churches in the world, composed of a Palestinian laity and a Greek monastic hierarchy ...
Clayton Goodgame
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Conceiving Mary's Agency: Towards a Barthian Mariology
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 388-412, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay argues for the possibility of a ‘Barthian’ Mariology particularly through an analysis of human agency. I first show that Karl Barth's articulation of Mary in I/2 of the Church Dogmatics marginalizes Mary's agency in part due to his anti‐Roman Catholic polemic and his gender binary.
Christopher PAUL de Stigter
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Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 490-507, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Although a theological exchange of ideas between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians flourished at the end of the twentieth century, the ecumenical achievements of these discussions have been met with notable objections and critiques by theologians.
Sebastian Mateiescu
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 215-234, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article gives an account of the discussions about the creed that took place at the Council of Nicaea in 325. It considers major problems regarding its origin and history and outlines the circumstances of its composition, its peculiar structure, and its purpose on the basis of the latest research. Finally, it discusses the legacy of Nicaea
Wolfram Kinzig
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Transferring Jerusalem to Moscow: Maksim Grek’s Letter and Its Afterlife
The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 248-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Few debates in late seventeenth‐century Muscovy were as heated as the controversy over the naming of the Resurrection “New Jerusalem” Monastery (1656). This essay draws attention to an overlooked sixteenth‐century source, a letter by the Greek‐born Slavic translator Maksim Grek (d.
Justin Willson, Ashley Morse
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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives
Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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Catholicity and Conciliarity as Challenges for Christian Churches Today
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 74, Issue 1, Page 32-44, January 2022., 2022 Abstract Teaching ecumenism in the context of global Christianity raises the question of how to approach the themes of “catholicity” and “conciliarity.” This article addresses some of the challenges and possible paths in relation to this topic. At a time when universalism is often (and rightly) denounced, can or should there be room for a sense of the ...
Christophe Chalamet
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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and Its Interreligious Dialogue Approach
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 73, Issue 5, Page 735-744, December 2021., 2021 Abstract The main purpose of this article is to emphasize the role of the modern Orthodox Church in interreligious dialogues, focusing on the texts of the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church of 2016 in Crete. Moreover, at the beginning, reference is made to various examples from the history of the church that underline the inseparable unity and
Ioannis Christodoulakis
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‘Look on my works ye mighty…’: Iconoclasm, education and the fate of statues
Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 534-544, June 2021., 2021 Abstract In pursuit of an alternative perspective on the so‐called ‘statues controversy’, this essay brings recent interpretations of the enduring ‘power’, ‘gaze’ and ‘magic’ of statues into alignment with critical histories of iconoclasm, sacred and secular, and New Materialist accounts of our multiple entanglements with the object histories of ...
Robert A. Davis
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Parading Staurothekes in Norman Sicily: Relics, Community, and the Conversion of the Other†
Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 304-334, June 2021., 2021 This article explores the liturgical functions of cross‐shaped staurothekes, reliquaries of the True Cross, in twelfth‐century Sicily. These luxurious objects were once at the centre of the devotion of the growing Christian communities on an island undergoing dramatic social changes.
Jesús Rodríguez Viejo
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