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Emperors and Elections: Reconciling the Orthodox Tradition With Modern Politics

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From Johnson's Russia List #4691 (December 16, 2000)

Those interested in Orthodoxy and politics will want to take note of the appearance of Emperors and Elections: Reconciling the Orthodox Tradition with Modern Politics (Troitsa Books, 2000), by Dr. Nikolas K. Gvosdev,
Associate Director of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University.

The book tackles the question of whether Orthodox Christianity can play a role in stabilizing democratic and republican traditions in the states that comprise the traditional heartland of Eastern Orthodoxy. Relying on a
detailed analysis of history and doctrine, Gvosdev finds that, not only can Orthodoxy co-exist with the institutions of modern democracy, but that "Orthodox concepts about the dignity of the individual and the importance of the community can make a valuable contribution to modern political
thought."

Review comment by Dr. Nicolai N. Petro, University of Rhode Island