Lexington Books
Pages: 314
Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7391-4720-7 • Hardback • March 2011 • $142.00 • (£109.00)
Daniel P. Payne is a lecturer and member of the graduate faculty at Baylor University.
1 Preface
2 Introduction: The Neo-Orthodox Movement as a Social Constructivist Project
3 Chapter 1: Hellene or Romaios? The Debate over Modern Greek Identity
4 Chapter 2: The Hesychast Controversy and the Birth of Political Hesychasm in the Fourteenth Century
5 Chapter 3: The Rediscovery of Orthodox Spiritual Theology in the Twentieth Century
6 Chapter 4: The Neo-Patristic Synthesis of Georges Florovsky
7 Chapter 5: The Synthesis of Hesychasm and Romeosyne in the Thought of John S. Romanides
8 Chapter 6: The Political Hesychasm of Christos Yannaras
9 Conclusion
10 Bibliography
11 About the Author
Payne provides us with a thorough and theoretically challenging examination of some influential theological and intellectual currents within the contemporary Greek Orthodoxy, their socio-historical background, and their multifaceted repercussions. This is a well-documented, thoughtful, and thus indispensable book for anyone wishing to learn more about Orthodox Christianity in general, its specific worldview, and its overall evolution in (post)modern times.
— Vasilios N. Makrides, author of Hellenic Temples and Christian Churches: A Concise History of the Religious Cultures of Greece from Antiquity to the Present
At a time when “political hesychasm” is frequently being used to characterize Orthodox political theology, Daniel P. Payne presents us with a much needed critical analysis of the sources of this concept and its contemporary usage in Greek Orthodox theological thought.
— Kristina Stoeckl, Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata