Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World

ISBN-13: 9780815394709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 312 str.

Lucian N. Leustean

Opis

The conflict in eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe. This book examines the ambivalence of Orthodox churches and other religious communities, some of which have provided support to migrants and displaced populations while others have condemned their arrival.

Recenzje

A valuable contribution to understanding the diversity of the Orthodox Church and its local historical differences. From a social science perspective, the contributions show the social importance of church actors, which politics and international charity and human rights work must reckon with. From a theological perspective, they are an important testimony to the active involvement of lay organizations, which often disappear behind the analysis of the positions of church leaders. However, they are also an indication of the social-ethical void within the Orthodox theologies and in intra-Orthodox dialogue. - Regina Elsner, in TRAFO

O autorze

Lucian N. Leustean is Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.