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Eastern Catholic Christianity in Contemporary Europe

Edited by Lucian Leustean, Anthony O'Mahony

To Be Published March 31st 2014 by Routledge – 256 pages

Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

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Description

Eastern Catholic Churches are situated between two branches of Christianity, the Eastern and the Roman Catholic. The churches are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while at the same time preserving their Eastern traditions inherited from the churches from which they separated. As intermediate churches, Eastern Catholic Churches have been the subject of extreme political pressure, either contested or welcomed by politicians, clergymen and the faithful. This book is a comprehensive survey of the development of all Eastern Catholic Churches in Europe from the inter-war period to the present day. It focuses on the survival of churches during the Cold War period, ecclesiastical contacts between East and West, the evolution of church-state relations, their socio-political influence, and the ways in which these churches act as bridges towards a unified Christianity.

Contents

1. Eastern Catholic Christianity: An Introduction Lucian Leustean and Anthony O’Mahony Part 1: Greek Catholic Churches in Europe 2. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Rev. Athanasius McVay 3. The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Fr. Constantin Simon SJ 4. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church Simon Marcinak 5. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Stephanie Mahieu 6. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church Lucian Leustean 7. The Byzantine Catholics in former Yugoslavia Anthony O’Mahony 8. The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church Daniela Kalkandijeva 9. The Eastern Catholics in Georgia John Flannery 10. The Armenian Catholic Church Fr. John Whooley 11. The Eastern Catholics in Russia & Belarus Fr. Constantin Simon SJ 12. Eastern Catholicism in Italy, Albania, Greece and Turkey Anthony O’Mahony Part 2: Eastern Catholic Christianity between the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches in Contemporary Europe 13. Catholic-Orthodox Relations in Post-war Europe Thomas Bremer 14. The Holy See and Eastern Catholicism Anthony O'Mahony 15. Eastern Catholic Christianity in the West Fr. Robin Gibbons

Author Bio

Lucian Leustean is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Anthony O’Mahony is a Reader in Theology and the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London, UK.

Name: Eastern Catholic Christianity in Contemporary Europe (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: Edited by Lucian Leustean, Anthony O'Mahony. Eastern Catholic Churches are situated between two branches of Christianity, the Eastern and the Roman Catholic. The churches are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while at the same time preserving their Eastern traditions inherited from...
Categories: Christianity, Christian Life & Experience, Roman Catholicism