The geopolitics of the orthodox diaspora: territory, power, identity
Abstract
Geopolitical analysis of the Orthodox Church has focused primarily on the historical link between Orthodoxy and the processes of nation-building and border making in the countries of Eastern Europe. But while these studies elaborate mainly on what is happening within the boundaries of the orthodox world in the East, they seem to ignore the position of the Orthodox Church in the West. Due to major geopolitical changes and important political, ideological and ecclesiological issues associated with the orthodox presence in the West, the study of the orthodox Diaspora can offer a new geopolitical understanding of the Orthodox Church in terms of institutional organization, territory, political power and national identity. Especially in the case of France, the Orthodox Church is subject to ideological identifications that surpass the traditional relations between nations, states and national churches in the orthodox world. In fact, what actually seems to be at stake inside the orthodox Diasp ...
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Les analyses géopolitiques de l’Eglise orthodoxe se focalisent pour la plupart sur l’étude du lien entre orthodoxie, ethnogenèse et territorialisation étatique dans les pays où l’orthodoxie est majoritaire. Mais alors que ces analyses se limitent à l’intérieur du monde orthodoxe et ne sortent pas de son cadre territorial oriental, l’Eglise orthodoxe se trouve en Occident depuis presque un siècle. La diaspora orthodoxe, par la violence des changements géopolitiques qui l’ont affectée et l’importance des enjeux politiques, identitaires et ecclésiologiques auxquels elle s’est liée, a ouvert des pistes pour une nouvelle conception géopolitique de l’Eglise orthodoxe tant sur le plan de son organisation institutionnelle que sur celui de son rapport avec le territoire, le pouvoir politique et l’identité nationale. Dans le cadre d’un pays comme la France en particulier, l’Eglise orthodoxe est soumise à des considérations qui sortent du cadre des relations traditionnelles entre Nation, Etat et ...
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