Warfare, Pacifism, or Sabotage: Eastern Christian Responses to Political Aggression
In: Territories of Evil
Author:
Stephen Morris
Stephen Morris
Search for other papers by Stephen Morris in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Stephen Morris in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
In the history of Byzantine Christianity, three classic responses to aggression developed: fighting back, pacifism, and apparent cooperation in order to subvert. I would like to examine these Eastern Christian responses to the aggression of barbarians onto Roman territory the aggression of one tenth-century Bohemian prince against his brother, and the aggression of the Soviet state against the Church.