David J. Goa

Political Orthodoxies

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“I am tempted to imagine that if Eusebius of Caesarea (260/265 – 339/340) had the benefit of the thesis explored and brilliantly argued in Political Orthodoxies the history of the church would have taken a healthier trajectory. For all of us who care about and have observed the resurgence of the Orthodox faith and church following the end of the Soviet period and the cunning realignment of political agendas leading politicians to fain faithfulness and hierarchs to cloud–at best–the Gospel with the ideologies of nationalism, anti-Semitism, and fundamentalism this book provides the most astute diagnosis of the diseases infecting Orthodox churches in Russia, Romania and Greece. It both exposes 'political idolatry' (Philip Gorski), calls us to discern wolves dressed as shepherds, and invites a recalibration of the church to the Incarnation that is itself the antidote to political theologies. It is a must read both inside the church and far beyond its walls.”