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PublisherFordham University Press

ISBN-100823284433

ISBN-139780823284436

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038695144

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Number of Pages272 Pages

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

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectChristian Church / History, General, Christianity / Orthodox, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Europe / Medieval

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Political Science, History

AuthorGeorge E. Demacopoulos

SeriesOrthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.7 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-286016

ReviewsColonizing Christianity 's analysis of a number of texts through the lens of colonial and postcolonial theory makes for useful, important, reading. There are significant stakes both for medieval historians and those committed to finding pathways of reconciliation among contemporary Christians. ---David Perry, Sacred Plunder: Venice and the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, Colonizing Christianity 's analysis of a number of texts through the lens of colonial and postcolonial theory makes for useful, important, reading. There are significant stakes both for medieval historians and those committed to finding pathways of reconciliation among contemporary Christians., In drawing attention to the unique colonial circumstances generated by the Fourth Crusade, Demacopoulos succeeds in opening up the discourse for greater interdisciplinary investigation.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal270.5

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 1. Robert de Clari 13 2. Gunther of Pairis's Hystoria Constantinopolitana 35 3. Innocent's Ambivalence 49 4. Demetrios Chomatianos: Colonial Resistance and the Fear of Sacramental Miscegenation 73 5. George Akropolites and the Counterexample(s) 89 6. The Chronicle of Morea 103 Conclusion 123 Acknowledgments 131 Notes 133 Index 177

SynopsisColonizing Christianity employs postcolonial critique to analyze the transformations of Greek and Latin religious identity in the wake of the Fourth Crusade. It argues that the experience of colonization splintered the Greek community, which could not agree how best to respond to the Latin other. By offering a close reading of a handful of texts from the era of the Fourth Crusade and subsequent Latin Empire of Byzantium, this book illuminates mechanisms by which Western Christians authorized and exploited the Christian East and, concurrently, the ways in which Eastern Christians understood and responded to the dramatic shift in political and religious fortunes. It offers new insights into the statements of Greek and Latin religious polemic that emerged in the context of the Fourth Crusade and how they more often revealed political or cultural anxiety than they advanced theological ideas. It further demonstrates how the experience of colonial subjugation not only transformed the way that Eastern Christians viewed themselves and the Western Christian other but also how the experience of colonialism opened permanent fissures within the Orthodox community, which struggled to develop a consistent response to aggressive demands for submission to the Roman Church., Colonizing Christianity employs postcolonial critique to analyze the transformations of Greek and Latin religious identity in the wake of the Fourth Crusade. It argues that the experience colonization splintered the Greek community, which could not agree how best to respond to the Latin other., 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.

LC Classification NumberBR1070.D4 2019