HUMAN RIGHTS IN TWO ORTHODOX OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS – A PUBLIC THEOLOGY ACCOUNT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7391404Keywords:
dignity, freedom, human rights, Eastern Orthodoxy, public faithAbstract
Human Rights in Two Orthodox Official Documents – A Public Theology Account.
This paper represents a critical analysis of Eastesrn Orthodox perspective on Human Rights in two important official documents issued by some of the most prominent patriarchates: Moscow and Constantinople. They are compared and looked at from a public theology’s point of view as outlined by Max Stackhouse. At the same time, in this article it will be emphasized the fact that the same Eastern Orthodox theological tradition is to be credited for two significantly different approaches on the topic at hand. The recorded differences are to be interpreted in such a manner as to account for a possible paradigm shift in Orthodox “rights talk”. But this shift is more evident in contact with Western environment where the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition is just one of the religious and public voices in a pluralist, globalized and secularized society.
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