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Journal of Ecumenical Studies
For more than 1,300 years, Muslims and Christians have lived together in Europe. For almost the e... more For more than 1,300 years, Muslims and Christians have lived together in Europe. For almost the entire period, though, neither has shown any interest in genuinely getting to know the other religion or in dialogue with its adherents, until the last half-century. This essay explores why this neglect transpired, reviewing the military tensions and cultural contrasts that inhibited engagement. That leads into consideration of what the scriptures of both religions nevertheless call their respective adherents to do-namely, to get to know the other. It then points out the necessity for Muslim-Christian dialogue in the present day and indicates some recent international and ecclesiastical initiatives that have taken place and that hold promise for better mutual understanding between Islam and Christianity.
A review of Rowan Williams, Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christia... more A review of Rowan Williams, Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021. $30.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-4729- 8924-6
In this book Dmitry Adamsky tells a remarkable story which, only thirty-five years ago, would hav... more In this book Dmitry Adamsky tells a remarkable story which, only thirty-five years ago, would have come across as a wild-eyed dream (or, possibly, nightmare). As he shows, though, this is not a phantasm: it is the reality in Russian today, a reality the rest of the world does well to take note of
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, Aug 12, 2021
Religion & Spirituality, A Patristic Treasury, Sep 9, 2013
Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia, 2017
All this awareness shaped my hopes for what might transpire in the wake of the remarkable changes... more All this awareness shaped my hopes for what might transpire in the wake of the remarkable changes enacted in the wake of 1989. Those hopes reverberated with what was expressed in a different field for the future of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of Communism’s collapse. I recall reading scholars much more gifted in things economic than I, hoping that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe might develop a “third way,” between capitalism and Communism. Much as that was talked about, however, the story of the past three decades reveals that no such economic third way has been discovered. I had hoped–as did many others–that the nations of Eastern Europe, with their rich heritage of deep religious commitments which had shaped their cultures in the times of their national zeniths, and had sustained their hopes in the nadirs of imperial and then Communist repression, might develop a “third way” in this area, too
He served as Executive Secretary (1998-2006) and as President (2006-2011) of CAREE (Christians As... more He served as Executive Secretary (1998-2006) and as President (2006-2011) of CAREE (Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe). Several of his articles have been previously published in OPREE/REE. Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege of traveling to several countries in the Balkans-a few of them on multiple occasions. But none of the academic or interreligious/intercultural conferences or personal trips which took me to Southeastern Europe during that time had brought me to Albania. When I retired this past summer as Professor of
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
For more than 1,300 years, Muslims and Christians have lived together in Europe. For almost the e... more For more than 1,300 years, Muslims and Christians have lived together in Europe. For almost the entire period, though, neither has shown any interest in genuinely getting to know the other religion or in dialogue with its adherents, until the last half-century. This essay explores why this neglect transpired, reviewing the military tensions and cultural contrasts that inhibited engagement. That leads into consideration of what the scriptures of both religions nevertheless call their respective adherents to do-namely, to get to know the other. It then points out the necessity for Muslim-Christian dialogue in the present day and indicates some recent international and ecclesiastical initiatives that have taken place and that hold promise for better mutual understanding between Islam and Christianity.
A review of Rowan Williams, Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christia... more A review of Rowan Williams, Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021. $30.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-4729- 8924-6
In this book Dmitry Adamsky tells a remarkable story which, only thirty-five years ago, would hav... more In this book Dmitry Adamsky tells a remarkable story which, only thirty-five years ago, would have come across as a wild-eyed dream (or, possibly, nightmare). As he shows, though, this is not a phantasm: it is the reality in Russian today, a reality the rest of the world does well to take note of
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, Aug 12, 2021
Religion & Spirituality, A Patristic Treasury, Sep 9, 2013
Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia, 2017
All this awareness shaped my hopes for what might transpire in the wake of the remarkable changes... more All this awareness shaped my hopes for what might transpire in the wake of the remarkable changes enacted in the wake of 1989. Those hopes reverberated with what was expressed in a different field for the future of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of Communism’s collapse. I recall reading scholars much more gifted in things economic than I, hoping that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe might develop a “third way,” between capitalism and Communism. Much as that was talked about, however, the story of the past three decades reveals that no such economic third way has been discovered. I had hoped–as did many others–that the nations of Eastern Europe, with their rich heritage of deep religious commitments which had shaped their cultures in the times of their national zeniths, and had sustained their hopes in the nadirs of imperial and then Communist repression, might develop a “third way” in this area, too
He served as Executive Secretary (1998-2006) and as President (2006-2011) of CAREE (Christians As... more He served as Executive Secretary (1998-2006) and as President (2006-2011) of CAREE (Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe). Several of his articles have been previously published in OPREE/REE. Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege of traveling to several countries in the Balkans-a few of them on multiple occasions. But none of the academic or interreligious/intercultural conferences or personal trips which took me to Southeastern Europe during that time had brought me to Albania. When I retired this past summer as Professor of