Vassiliadou, Anastasia (2006) Reception and Crisis of the Enlightenment from the 1970s to the Present Day: An Orthodox Point of View. International Review of Mission, 95 (378). pp. 271-275. ISSN 1758-6631
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The period from the 1970s to the present day can be easily characterized as the period of the most radical changes in the history of contemporary Orthodox Christianity. In Greece, the traditional matrix of Orthodoxy, a speedy process of modernization began in the mid-70s, immediately after the fall of the American-backed right wing dictatorship. Quite a similar process, though somewhat slower, started in the early 1990s in rest of the Orthodox world, who got rid of a communist-led left wing dictatorship. There has been, first of all, a change in the overall attitude of citizens towards their Christian tradition, which certainly affects any missionary strategy in the post-Enlightenment and post-modern Europe. In the West, Europeans, in seeking their identity, recognize very reluctantly today their religious, and particularly Christian heritage. Especially the secular elite but also other citizens place stronger emphasis on the achievements of the Enlightenment . In contrast to this attitude, almost all East European countries with Orthodox affiliation feel the opposite. Almost all of them try to adapt quite reluctantly to a modernization process, and the majority of them almost identify their national identity with their Orthodox religion.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The full issue number is 378-379 but due to limited space in the box it did not fit. |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries Balkan countries > Greece |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2022 13:10 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2022 13:10 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2447 |
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