Human Rights and the Orthodox Church in a Global World

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* Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis is Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts (H.II.A.). 1. I:ABBAE ArroYPr~m:, Ta av8goomva ALxmooμata O'tO AutL%0 Koaμo (Athens: Filistor publ. 1998); CHERYL BRANDSEN and PAUL VLIEM, "Justice and Human Rights in the Fourth Century Cappadocian," Social Work and Christianity 34(2007), pp. 421-448; ALFONS BRUNING and EVERT VAN DER ZWEERDE (Edits.), Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights (Leuven: Peeters, 2012); KONSTANTINOS DELIKOSTANTIS, "Ta ALxa[ooμata tOV av8goonov: MovLμ'I'] IlgoXA.'l']CT'I'] yLatL£ 0Q't']CT%fLf£," 'EniatrJμOVlX~ 'Enl.!Trj(!l~ rij~ EJwJ,.oyixfj~ ExoAfj~ 'A01JVWV, 37(2012), pp. 443456; IDEM., Ta ALxmooμata toV av8goonov. AutL%0 'IbrnMy11μa ~ otxovμeVL%0 "H8o; (Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis, 2011); VIGEN GuROIAN, "Human Rights and Christian Ethics: An Orthodox Critique," Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 17 (1997), pp. 301-309; STANLEY S. HARAKAS, "Human Rights: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective," Journal of Ecumenical Studies 19(1982), pp. 13-24; SusAN R. HOLMAN, "Human Rights Language in the Cappadocians," Pro Ecclesia 9(2000) pp.476-489; ANToNros KrREOPOULOS, "Seeking Justice and Promoting Human Rights: Orthodox Theological Imperatives or Afterthought?" in Philanthropy and Social Compassion in Eastern Orthodox Tradition, ed. M.J. Pereira, Studies in Eastern Tradition (New York: Theotokos Press, 2010), pp. 227-247; JOHN McGucKIN, "The Issue of Human Rights in Byzantium and the Orthodox Christian Tradition," in Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction, edit. John Witte Jr. and Frank S. Alexander (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp. 173-190; METROPOLITAN KYRILL OF SMOLENSK, "Dialogue of Civilizations: Human Rights, Moral Values, and Cultural Diversity," Road to Emmaus vol. VII, No. 4 (#31), pp. 61-67; ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU, "Personhood and Human Rights," in his book The Mystical as Political, Democracy and Non-radical Orthodoxy (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012), pp. 87-130; VLADAN PERISIC, "Interpretation of Human Rights in the Light of the Church Fathers," European Churches Engaging in Human Rights, Present Challenges and training material, edit., Mag. Elizabeth Kitanovi~ (Bruxelles: Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches, )pp. 33-37; IDEM, "Personhood and Nature: An Orthodox Theological Reflection on Human Rights," in Human