Orthodox Christianity, Modernity and Postmodernity: Overview, Analysis and Assessment

Makrides, Vasilios N.

doi:10.1080/09637494.2012.760229

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“…Some scholars have suggested that postmodernism coupled with post-secularism, which advocates for tolerance and multivocality, could help religion to regain the spiritual ground that it has lost among believers. In this sense, 'religious rationality' is allowed to escape from the deterministic singular rationality of modernity and reclaim its spiritual place in a world turning its back to scientific, rationality and modern metanarratives (Makrides 2012;Freeman 2012). Although this premise holds ground among certain 'postmodern theological schools', arguing for a marriage of the two in a way that 'Christianity would teach postmodernity about its own humanist commitment' (Riggs 2003, p. 143), postmodernity is a cultural paradigm which is often approached with scepticism and apprehension among Christian denominations.…”

Section: From Pre-modernity To Postmodernity Adaptations and Rejectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Ontology in Religious Tourism Education—Exploring the Application of the Postmodern Cultural Paradigm in European Religious Sites

Thouki

2019

Religions

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The cultural and spiritual repository of religion is an indispensable resource for shaping public and cultural life in a post-secular era. Although the floods of culturally intrigued ‘pilgrims’ and spiritually ‘captivated’ tourists have marked religious sites on nationwide cultural maps, religious sites have yet to achieve a holistic interpretative experience which will reveal the deeper meanings of ecclesiastical art. The absence of ‘holistic interpretations’ from European Christian churches, addressing the tangible and intangible (faith) aspect of Christian tradition, run the risk of undermining both the cognitive and emotive aspects of visitors. Following a thematic analysis on interpretations found at Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches in Europe, this article investigates how religious sites adapt different interpretational strategies to communicate their stories. The findings are discussed with reference to heritage practices found at religious sites expressed through two coexisting cultural ideologies: the prominent postmodern cultural paradigm, expressed through New Museology, and the religious cultural paradigm, expressing religious tradition and vision. The research concludes that the more content a denomination appears to be over the postmodern cultural paradigm of New Museology, the more likely it is to experiment with postmodern interpretative strategies. In this context, the article raises the question of whether museum theory is applicable to religious settings. The bottom line is that stakeholders’ ontological presuppositions are the catalyst of how religious history, tradition, and faith, are negotiated and presented in religious settings.

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Section: From Pre-modernity To Postmodernity Adaptations and Rejectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Ontology in Religious Tourism Education—Exploring the Application of the Postmodern Cultural Paradigm in European Religious Sites

Thouki

2019

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“…97, 100–101; Makrides, ). Orthodox Christianity displays ‘a clear preference for a community‐oriented pattern of thinking and acting’ emphasizing ‘sharp critique of individuality thought to be associated with western developments’ (Makrides, , p. 260).…”

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The Religious Foundations of the European Crisis

Hien

2017

J of Common Market Studies

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There has been much talk about ordoliberalism recently. Scholars and the press identify it as the dominant economic instruction sheet for Germany's European crisis politics. However, by analyzing ordoliberalism only as an economic theory, the debate downplays that ordoliberalism is also an ethical theory, with strong roots in Protestant social thought. It is this rooting in Protestant social thought that makes Ordoliberalism incompatible with the socioeconomic ethics of most of the European crisis countries, whose ethics originate in Catholic and Orthodox social thought. This divergence is the source of a crisis of understanding between European nations and hinders a collective response to the Euro crisis.

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“…In the post-communist era, the Orthodox Christian religion has thus become more visible in the international scenario, gaining the attention of scholars at a worldwide level. In this light, the clash between Eastern Orthodoxy and human rights has been scarcely analysed as an issue influenced by both the EU's political actions and the 'early' critique of Orthodoxy with the main Western model of modernity (Makrides 2012).…”

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The Romanian Orthodox Church, the European Union and the Contention on Human Rights

Guglielmi

2021

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Since the 1990s, there has been conflictual interactions between Orthodox Christian churches and human rights in South Eastern Europe, especially during the process of European integration. In this work, I shall concentrate on the case of the Romanian Orthodox Church and explore its current position towards human rights that has developed within the context of EU membership. Focusing on the influence that European integration has had on the Romanian Orthodox Church, I hypothesise a re-orientation of the latter from a position of closure and a general rejection of human rights in the direction of their partial acceptance, with this being related to its attempt to develop a European identity.

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Orthodox Christianity, Modernity and Postmodernity: Overview, Analysis and Assessment

Cited by 36 publications

References 43 publications

The Role of Ontology in Religious Tourism Education—Exploring the Application of the Postmodern Cultural Paradigm in European Religious Sites

The Role of Ontology in Religious Tourism Education—Exploring the Application of the Postmodern Cultural Paradigm in European Religious Sites

The Religious Foundations of the European Crisis

The Romanian Orthodox Church, the European Union and the Contention on Human Rights

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