The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy

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Index 227 abortion, 93, 192, 193–94 Afanasiev, Nicholas, 60, 63, 105 Agamben, Giorgio, 89 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 169–70 Alexo, Kenneth, Jr., 202n21 American democracy, 37, 38, 42, 51–52 American Revolution, 32 anger, 83–84 Arius, 137 Armenia, 47 Armenian Orthodox Church, 63, 73 art, 106–7 Athanasius of Alexandria, 23, 137 atheism, 44, 98, 127, 128, 132 atheistic humanism, 33, 34, 40, 49, 87, 88, 94–95 Bulgakov on, 37, 39–40, 43 and divine-human communion, 142–44, 156, 159 and individualism, 49, 51 relationship to human rights, 114, 115, 121–22, 124 relationship to liberalism, 51, 87, 93 Audi, Robert, 146 Augustine, St., 89–90, 92 City of God, 151, 203n35 and liberalism, 150–51 on love, 151, 152–53, 154 rejection of essence/energies distinction, 10–11, 90 autonomy, 7, 67, 88, 92, 135, 136, 145, 158 Badiou, Alain: Ethics, 89 Bash, Anthony: on forgiveness, 225nn25, 27 Basic Principles of Attitude to the NonOrthodox , 48 Basil the Great, 23, 24, 25 Behr, John: The Mystery of Christ, 215n39 Bosnian War, 47, 50–51 Brazil, 75 Bretherton, Luke: Christianity and Contemporary Politics, 201n2 (Introduction) Buber, Martin, 105 Bulgakov, Sergius, 13, 33, 36–43, 127 on atheism, 37, 39–40, 43 on Christian community, 40 Christian socialism of, 36–37, 40–41 on clericalism, 39 on democracy, 5, 37–38, 40, 41, 42–43, 45, 53 on divine-human communion, 53, 145–46 The Orthodox Church, 41–42 on personhood, 99 Philosophy of Economy, 41 on separation of church and state, 38, 42–43 on social sciences, 39 on Sophia, 41–42, 43 on the Trinity, 99 “An Urgent Task,” 37, 41 Bulgaria, 44, 47 228 index Byzantine Empire, 16–17, 187 church-state relations during, 26–28, 27–28, 29–30, 31, 32, 35, 44, 52–53, 56, 57–59, 63, 70–72 Code of Justinian, 95 Constantine I, 16, 17, 20, 28 Justinian I, 26–28, 29–30, 95 Calvin, John, 120–21 capitalism, 146, 148, 157 Cappadocian fathers, 90, 102, 111–12 Casanova, José, 75 casuistry, 165 Cavanaugh, William communion ecclesiology of, 56, 63–70, 72–75, 78, 81, 85–86, 133, 154 on human rights, 66–68, 69 on the liberal nation-state, 67–68, 210n32 on Pinochet regime in Chile, 66, 68–69, 73 charity, 133, 136–37, 145 Chau, Carolyn A., 223n2 Chile: Pinochet regime, 66, 68–69, 73, 136 Cho, Seung-Hui, 168 Cho, Sun-Kyung, 168 Christian socialism, 36–37, 40–41 Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and Greece, 186–87 Chrysostom, John, 13, 34–35 on coercion by the state, 23–25, 35, 38, 52–53, 71, 79 on division of roles, 23 on equality, 23 on kingdom of God, 24, 25, 52–53 church, the bishops, 18, 20, 21, 26–28, 32 as body of Christ, 6, 7, 56, 60–61, 63–64, 80, 83, 84, 110, 138, 147, 211n46 church-state separation, 12, 38, 42–43, 46, 51, 53, 55, 57, 62–63, 66–67, 73, 74–75, 86, 90, 145, 151–52 ecclesial theory of politics, 24, 56 as eschatological community, 61–62, 76–80, 209n19 and persuasion, 76–77, 78 vs. political communities, 125–27, 130 relationship to divine-human communion, 56, 78–79, 81, 131, 132, 142, 211n46 relationship to kingdom of God, 7, 24, 97, 147 relations with the state, 12, 13, 21, 24–28, 26–43, 44, 46, 48–54, 56, 57–60, 61–62, 70–80, 94, 98, 132, 133, 134–36, 137, 139–40, 142–44, 148–50, 220nn3, 4 See also ecclesiology Coakley, Sarah, 219n101 common good, 156–61 and diversity, 76, 77–78 freedom and equality as part of, 77, 158, 160 Harakas on, 58–59, 60, 72, 78 Milbank on, 160–61 and natural law, 133–34, 157, 158 relationship to democracy, 8, 58–59, 60, 72, 77–78, 80, 133 relationship to divine-human communion, 8, 133–34, 157–61 relationship to human rights, 96, 127, 128–29 communion. See divine-human communion; interpersonal communion Communism, 95, 134, 190–92 and Orthodox Christianity, 5, 9, 10, 43, 44, 45–46, 47, 50–51, 53 communitarianism, 153, 192 confession in AA, 169–70 in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, 170–72 and God’s grace, 175, 176 iconic mediation in, 178–79, 185 as juridical and penitential, 8, 165–66, 180 index 229 of pedophilia, 170 relationship to forgiveness, 177–85 relationship to political...