Paganopoulos, Michelangelo (2024) Athonian monasticism beyond “Eastern” and “Western” Christianity: moral dilemmas and epistemological challenges in the formation of a “World Society”. In: Sawicki, Bernard, (ed.) Monasticism, Education and Formation. Analecta Monastica (24). Pontifico Ateneo Sant'Anselmo - Saint Benedict Education Foundation, Rome, Italy, pp. 501-528. ISBN 978-3830682196

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Abstract

This paper examines the relation of monastic institutions within and against the emergence of a new technological world society focusing on Mount Athos and the challenge arising from the conjunction of internal and external worlds, such as spiritual/theological matters of the “self”, against historical/political matters of a world-out-there. It shows how Christian monasticism offers a model of a distinguished way of living shared by those who chose to take this path but also with implications regarding the internal regime of each monastic institution that extends beyond its medieval walls into the contemporary world. As the world moves into the formation of a world society, monastic living not only becomes increasingly relevant to the everyday life of world citizens with respect to both their personal problems and world events but also offers an alternative model of living on how one relates to the world via Godin their everyday life via a symbiosis with (in) God, Nature, and those whom each group considers to be the Other.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Athonian monasticism, World Society, Return to the Fathers movement, authenticity, Yannaras
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Information & Library Services
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2026 17:20
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/52688

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