Emperors and Elections

by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Can the social and political values of Orthodox Christianity play a role in stabilising democratic-republican regimes in the states which comprise the traditional heartland of Orthodoxy? For sixteen centuries, from the time of Constantine to the rise of Lenin, the orthodox world was characterised by a close relationship between imperial throne and holy altar. To what extent, however, is this the only acceptable pattern for defining the relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560728515
• ISBN13: 9781560728511
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books
• Length: 156 Pages