Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights in Europe : an introduction

Diamantopoulou, Elisabeth;Christians, Louis-Léon
(2018) Orthodox Christianity and Human rights in Europe. A dialogue between Theological paradigms and Socio-legal Pragmatics — ISBN: [9782807604209], p. 19-31, published

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A binary debate often unduly polarises any kind of answers : West against East, individual approach against communautarian approach, relativism against traditionalism, secularity against religion, universalism against nationalism, postmodernity against premodernity, plurality against unity, law instead of spirituality, liberty as sin against liberty from sin, human dignity instead of spiritual achievement, one’s neighbour instead of God primacy, and finally Human rights as a false religion instead of Orthodoxy as the true religion… How to tackle with the insufficiency of various binary oppositions ?
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Diamantopoulou, E., & Christians, L.-L. (2018). Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights in Europe : an introduction. In E. Diamantopoulou and L.-L. Christians (eds) (ed.), Orthodox Christianity and Human rights in Europe. A dialogue between Theological paradigms and Socio-legal Pragmatics (1st ed., p. p. 19-31). Peter Lang. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/231869