Legal Thought and Eastern Orthodox Christianity

ISBN-13: 9781032610375 / Twarda / 2023 / 138 str.

Opis

In this book, leading scholars across the world reflect critically on the significance of the legal thought of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I for human flourishing, for Christian social teaching, and for Christian unity. His legal thought is summed up in five key public addresses that he has delivered around the world in recent years.

Spis treści

Introduction;  Address I: Canon Law and Christian Law;  1. The Canonist Patriarch: His All-Holiness Bartholomew and the Development of Canon Law;  2. The Principles of Christian Law;  Address II: Religion in a Changing Europe;  3. The European Union and Religion;  4. The States of Europe and Religion;  Address III: Human Rights;  5. Human Rights and Orthodox Christianity: Learning from Our Differences;  6. Better Human Rights: The Orthodox Lesson;  Address IV: Religious Freedom;  7. An Eastern Orthodox Approach to Religious Freedom;  8. Ecumenical Approaches to Religious Freedom;  Address V: The Environment;  9. From Crisis to Kairos: The ‘Green Patriarch’ and Environmental Law;  10. Climate Change, Christian Ethics, and Christian Theology: Ecumenical Imperatives;  Conclusion: Reflections

O autorze

Norman Doe is Professor and Director, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff Law School, Academic Bencher, Inner Temple, and Chancellor, Diocese of Bangor, Church in Wales.

Aetios Nikiforos, The Very Rev Grand Ecclesiarch, is Director of the Private Office of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Secretary of the Synodal Commissions on Canon Law Issues and on Inter-Orthodox Affairs, and Doctoral Candidate in Canon Law at Cardiff University.