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Drepturile omului în lectură ortodoxă. Documentul Bisericii Ortodoxe din Rusia (iulie 2008)
The human rights from an orthodox perspective. The statement of the Russian Orthodox Church (july, 2008)

Author(s): Radu Preda
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Renaşterea Cluj
Keywords: human rights, Church and state, Eastern Europe, Russian Orthodox Church, human dignity, freedom, morality, country, conscience

Summary/Abstract: The coming out in July 2008 of the document representing the stance of the Russian Orthodox Church on the human rights is, without any doubt, a theological novelty. Similar to the document prepared in 2000 on the fundaments of the social conception, this one comes to fulfi l the Orthodox literature in terms of updated public agenda. We hope that this document would, like the one in 2000, be more than an export product. Such a distinct position should fi rst of all stimulate a real debate inside both the local Russian Church and the other national Orthodox Churches. This study aims to be a brief introduction to the document in July 2008 and offers a translation of the presented text in Romanian.

  • Issue Year: III/2009
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 25-41
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian