Serbia and the Church of England

ISBN-13: 9783031059797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Opis

This book presents the first comprehensive account of the changing ecumenical relationships between Britain and Serbia. While the impetus for the collection is the commemoration of the Serbian seminarians who settled in and around Oxford towards the end of the First World War, the scope is much broader, including detailed accounts of the relationships between the Church of England and Serbia and its Orthodox Church from the middle of the nineteenth century until World War II. It includes studies of leading thinkers from the period, especially the charismatic Nikolaj Velimirović. The contributors use many unpublished resources that reveal the centrality of the churches in promoting the Serbian cause through the course of the First World War and in its aftermath.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Theological Refugees in Oxford During the Great War—Ecumenical Dimensions of Christian Solidarity

2. British-Serbian Church Relations from the Mid-nineteenth Century to 1878

3. Henry Liddon and Serbia: Ecumenism and Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century

4. Serbian Orthodox Presence in Switzerland in the Early Twentieth century: Nikolaj Velimirović and His Doctoral Theses at the University of Bern

5. From Kosovo to Oxford: Nikolaj Velimirović and the Serbian Orthodox Church in England, 1916–1919

6. Beyond ‘Holy Serbia’: Anglican Christianity and Nationalism in The First World War

7. St Justin Popović and Anglican Theologians: Reflections on a Complex and Multifaceted Encounter

8. Toward the History of Serbian New Testament Scholarship: The Cuddesdon Episode (1917–1919)

9. Тhe Role of Pavle Popović in the Development of Anglo-Serbian Relations (1916–1933)

10. Anglican-Serbian Encounters in the Era of the Two World Wars

O autorze

Mark D. Chapman studied at Trinity College, Oxford and Munich University. He is Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written and lectured widely on many aspects of modern church history and theology.

 

Bogdan Lubardić is Full Professor in the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He is head of the department of philosophy and science of religion. His monographs include studies of Nikolai Berdyaev, Lev Shestov and Justin of Ćelije. He is a regular member of the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue.