Kathodon,The Challenge of Multiculturalism, issue 16 (2000), pp. 128.
The 16th issue of the journal Kath’ Odon contains themes regarding the challenges of multiculturalism in modern society. There are 10 articles printed in total, which analyse various aspects of the phenomenon of multiculturalism.
Petrou presents in brief the long process and the way in which modern societies have gradually taken shape making multiculturalism a real social event.
Karavidopoulos analyses the religious pluralism present at the time of the emergence of Christianity, as it is presented through two epistles by St. Paul to Thessalonians and attempts a biblical approach of today’s pluralism having as a departure point the general positions of St. Paul.
N. Matsoukas displays the complexity of modern societies and the responsibility of Christian churches for the practice of a real struggle which will offer humanity progress in an open and dramatic course.
Manitakis examines the position, role and presence of the Orthodox Church of Greece in the modern public sphere of Greek society and suggests its transformation from the institution of the State to a voluntary religious organisation, as equals, to “civil society”.
K. Hatzikonstantinou presents critically the views of F. Fukuyama about the end of History and of S. Huntington about the clash of civilisations and in parallel examines the phenomenon of globalisation and the Islamic religious fanaticism.
K. Kyriazopoulos refers to the wide alliance for the free practice of religion in the USA, which is made up of local, incongruous religious groups and groups of civil rights which have placed aside their ideological differences, and work for religious freedom for all American citizens.
L. Martin suggests instead of “comparative” as the dominant characteristic element of hellinistic culture, the “consolidation of power” and indicatively examines the consolidation of royal and religious power during the Hellenistic period.
Z. Papadimitriou presents the history of the Institute of Social Research of the University of Frankfurt and in particular the development and the course of “critical theory” formed effectively from the “School of Frankfurt”.
P. Vasiliadis describes the convocation “Orthodox Liturgical Renaissance and the Visible Unity” in the Monaster of N. Skiti and its conclusions, stressing in particular the fundamental principals of Christian worship and its consequences for modern Orthodoxy and ecumenical worship.
A. Gkitsi approaches multiculturalism theologically, focusing particularly on the issue of unity through difference and the role of Churches and religions in modern societies.