Abstract (may include machine translation)
This chapter explores a transformative moment in the religious Cold War that led to a new vision of Orthodox Christianity articulated in an educational project for the youth. Pointing to the interconnected histories of cold war politics and postcolonial nation-building it shows how a religious minority in South India managed to transcend the boundaries of the nation-state and establish an international Orthodox alliance that could help them handle tensions within the church, respond to secular challenges and become leaders in global ecumenism. Channelling these apologetic struggles into the educational field, the Indian Orthodox Church pioneered a Christian curriculum for the Oriental churches which provided an alternative for their own communities, transcending ideological differences and cold war divisions and reaffirming the role of religion in the secular world.
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | In Defending the Faith |
Subtitle of host publication | Global Histories of Apologetics and Politics in the Twentieth Century |
Editors | Todd Weir, Hugh McLeod |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 231-248 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191938177 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780197266915 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Cold war
- apologetics
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- pedagogy
- religion