BOOK REVIEW: Pantelis Kalaitzidis, "Orthodoxy & Political Theology", (Doxa & Praxis), Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications, 2012, 148 p.

Abstract

Nine decades after patenting the topic of Political Theology as a notion that speaks about the way how the love for the neighbour from the Gospel can be transmuted in the political life, the work of professor Pantelis Kalaitzidis, from Volos Academy brings an Orthodox perspective on this topic. Since the beginning of the discussions about this subject, there were also some Catholic approaches of it, Protestant and ecumenical ones, and recently, an interesting collective volume was published, summarizing the Orthodox view from multiple perspectives. In this context, a book to emphasize the Orthodox approach on Political Theology and to offer a synthesis of the topic from this point of view was not only important, but also expected.