The Russian Orthodox Church and Modernity : A Historical and Theological Investigation into Eastern Christianity between Unity and Plurality.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Russian Orthodoxy and Modernization: Seven Historical Snapshots -- 2.1 15th/16th century: The crisis of tradition -- 2.2 The crisis of belonging: The liturgical reforms of the 17th century -- 2.3 The crisis of the self-evident: Peter I's reforms and the synodal period -- 2.4 Religious-philosophical awakening in the 19th century -- 2.5 The Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church 1917-1918 -- 2.6 The Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union -- 2.7 The challenge of freedom: The end of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the 21st century -- 2.8 Summary: Central argumentation lines -- 3 Dogmatic Orientations and the Tension between Unity and Diversity -- 3.1 The incomprehensibility of the trinitarian unity of diversity -- 3.2 Human being between unity and multiplicity -- 3.3 Church communion as unity in diversity -- 3.4 Summary: The tension between unity and diversity as a paradigm of Russian Orthodox theology -- 4 Theological Answers to Secular Challenges? -- 4.1 The unity of the Church and diversity in the Church -- 4.2 The unity of the people and diversity of opinion -- 4.3 The unity of the world and cultural diversity -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature.

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