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Church and Nation in Eschatological Perspective

by Pantelis Kalaitzidis

“Without eschatology,” Father John Meyendorff wrote, “traditionalism is turned only to the past: it is nothing but archeology, antiquarianism, conservatism, reaction, refusal of history, escapism.” The eschatological dimension is a fundamental—but nearly forgotten—dimension of Christianity. Christianity is inconceivable without its eschatological outlook.

Pantelis Kalaitzidis

Dr. Pantelis Kalaitzidis is the director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies. He has taught systematic theology at the Hellenic Open University and at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, and has been a research fellow at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, DePaul University, and KU Leuven. He edits the series “Doxa and Praxis: Exploring Orthodox Theology” (WCC Publications). Kalaitzidis is co-chair of the Political Theology group of the International Orthodox Theological Association, and an advisor to the ~Review of Ecumenical Studies, The Wheel~, and the ~Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies~.

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