Christianity and the State

Authors

  • Alexander LIKHOSHERSTOV He s been occupying a position of an academic dean of Dniepropetrovsk Bible Cooldge, Ukraine

Keywords:

Christianity and the State, church-state relationships,

Abstract

The issue of the relationship between church and state has had a long and complex history. During the last two thousand years, many models of church-state relationships have been devised and put into practice in the political structures of different states. It should be noted that the possibility of the church’s involvement in secular politics in Russia and Ukraine makes the need for theological conceptualisation in this field especially urgent. The article presents a holistic and comprehensive approach to the theological discussion of the church-state relationship that will certainly be of interest to many contemporary researchers, examining the unique experience of theocracy in Judaism; the historical formation of the idea of Caesaropapism in both pagan and Christian states; and the theological controversy between the monarchical and Berdyaev schools on the issue of close alliance between church and state

Author Biography

Alexander LIKHOSHERSTOV, He s been occupying a position of an academic dean of Dniepropetrovsk Bible Cooldge

Born in 1974. Graduated from Suvorov Military School getting the certificate with merit (a golden medal) in 1992. Four years later graduated from the University of Internal Affairs, juridical faculty. From 1998 till 2001 he was working in the position of an editor-in-chief of the Good News journal. He is an author of many publications. He s given a Master of Arts in Practical Ministry (Bible Institute TCM, Vienna, Austria). He s been occupying a position of an academic dean of Dniepropetrovsk Bible Cooldge  Light of the Gospel  since 2001. In 2003 he finished his studies on M.Div. program and at present he is preparing the materials for writing a doctoral thesis.

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LIKHOSHERSTOV, Alexander. 2016. “Christianity and the State”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 2 (June):201-18. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/88849.

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