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Papers by Gerasimos Makris

International Journal for The Study of The Christian Church, 2010

International journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 2013

In the midst of the raging socio-economic crisis that has hit Greece since 2009 the Greek Orthodo... more In the midst of the raging socio-economic crisis that has hit Greece since 2009 the Greek Orthodox Church, under Archbishop Ieronymos II, has admirably developed its network of philanthropic work and charity meals. Open to both Greeks and immigrants, this project seems to realise Eastern Orthodox Christianity’s sense of caritas and civic duty. Low key and efficient, the Orthodox Church’s response to the crisis has left behind the nationalistic cries and pietistic/didactic excesses of the recent past. This article asserts, however, that, by failing to grapple with the structural causes of the crisis in a politically relevant manner and by refusing to castigate specific policies and politicians at the national and European Union level, the Greek Orthodox Church has offered a much needed palliative, but in the end has remained discursively distant from theological and political criticism of a rapacious neoliberal system and from effective engagement with Greek modernity.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009

Published articles (peer reviewed) by Gerasimos Makris

… journal for the Study of the …, Jan 1, 2010

This article concentrates on the discursive ‘return of the Church’ at the forefront of public lif... more This article concentrates on the discursive ‘return of the Church’ at the forefront of public life in the late 1990s with the enthronement of Christódoulos (1939-2008) as Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. His career will serve as a case-study of an attempted ecclesiastic resurrection, during a period of a progressively conservative turn to the mood and politics of Greek society. More specifically, the article will discuss (a) Christódoulos’ specific understanding of Orthodoxy as a political and cultural tradition, (b) the rhetoric manipulation by which this ‘Orthodoxy’ discourse contributed to the further development and re-inscription of modern Greek national ideology, (c) Christódoulos’ populist approach to the youth as an unprecedented kerygmatic trope and (d) his ambiguous attitude towards post-modernism itself, that problematised the very identity of Eastern Orthodoxy.

Published articles (b) by Gerasimos Makris

Το κείμενο δημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό "Αστήρ της Ανατολής" τεύχος 7 (ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ-ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ 2015), σσ.... more Το κείμενο δημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό "Αστήρ της Ανατολής" τεύχος 7 (ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ-ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ 2015), σσ.209-212

Forthcoming Conferences by Gerasimos Makris

Joint Conference of the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College and the Living Stones o... more Joint Conference of the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop
College and the Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust
Friday 17 th and Saturday 18 th June 2016
Marie Eugenie Room, Heythrop College, University of London

Friday
Conference Introduction and Welcome 10:50-11:00
Mary Grey (Chair of Trustees, Living Stones and Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, Lampeter) and Anthony O'Mahony (Director Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College)

Christianity in Iraq: Present challenges and future perspectives 11:00-12:30
Erica Hunter (School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London), Suha Rassam (ICIN), Kristian Girling (Heythrop College, University of London)

Lunch 12:30-13:15

Coptic Christianity in contemporary Egypt 13:15-14:15
Mariz Tadros (Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex)

The Armenian Church and Tradition Today 14:15-15:15
Rev. Vrej Nersessian (Emeritus, Oriental Department, British Library)

Break 15:15-15:45

Syriac Christianity in the modern Middle East 15:45-16:45
Sebastian Brock (The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)

Reflections on Eastern Christianity and Muslim-Christian relations in Syria - a western Christian perspective 16:45-17:30
Revd. Andrew Ashdown (Theology Group, Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust)

Saturday

Christianity in Syria: Present challenges and future perspectives 10:30-12:00
Rev. Nadim Nassar and Huda Nassar (Awareness Foundation & Theology Group, Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust)

One More Bridge to cross: Syrian Refugees in Greece on their Way to Paradise 12:10-13:00
Gerasimos Makris (Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the Panteion University, Athens)

Lunch 13:00-13:45

Christianity in the Holy Land 13:45-14:45
Sr Bridget Tighe FMDM

Christian churches in Jordan: political, religious and communal context 15:00-15:50
Paolo Maggiolini (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) and the Catholic University of Milan)
Break 15:50-16:00

Christianity in Jerusalem: social relations, border makings and their crossing 16:00-16:40
Georgios Tsourous (School of Anthropology, University of Kent)

Final Reflection – The Future of Christianity in the Middle East 16:40-17:30
Hratch Tchilingirian (The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford); Anthony O’Mahony, (Heythrop College, University of London)

All are welcome
Conference fee £15.00 per day (to be paid on the day)
For further information please contact Kristian Girling <k.girling@heythrop.ac.uk>