Publisher's Synopsis
The book is a theological-historical analysis of the orthodox-theological identity discourses in the Romanian-speaking area of the 20th century (specially between 1875 and 1989) in view of the perception, assessment and recognition of the Roman Catholic Church. The author advocates for contingency-conscious hermeneutics in the history of Orthodox theology and for the historization of the different, still influential self-concepts of the Orthodox Church. Unexpected nuances of the orthodox positioning towards modernity and the ecclesial reality of the other denominations come to light. The way and the world of (Romanian) Orthodox theology in the 20th century are gaining color and complexity.
