Colonizing Christianity: Greek and Latin Religious Identity in the Era of the Fourth Crusade

Colonizing Christianity employs postcolonial critique to analyze the transformations of Greek and Latin religious identity in the wake of the Fourth Crusade. Through close readings of texts from the period of Latin occupation, this book argues that the experience of colonization splintered the Greek...

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Main Author: Demacopoulos, George E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Fordham University Press [2019]
Series:Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
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Online Access:DE-1043
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Summary:Colonizing Christianity employs postcolonial critique to analyze the transformations of Greek and Latin religious identity in the wake of the Fourth Crusade. Through close readings of texts from the period of Latin occupation, this book argues that the experience of colonization splintered the Greek community over how best to respond to the Latin other while illuminating the mechanisms by which Western Christians authorized and exploited the Christian East. The experience of colonial subjugation opened permanent fissures within the Orthodox community, which struggled to develop a consistent response to aggressive demands for submission to the Roman Church
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780823284450
DOI:10.1515/9780823284450

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