• Davor Džalto

    Davor Džalto

    Professor of Religion, Art, and Democracy at University College Stockholm, Sweden

    Dr. Davor Džalto is Professor of Religion, Art, and Democracy at University College Stockholm. He is also President of The Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity. Among his most recently published books are Anarchy and the Kingdom of God: From Eschatology to Orthodox Christian Political Theology and Back (2021), and Beyond Capitalist Dystopia: Rethinking Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Global Crises (2022).
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Orthodoxy and (Anarcho) Socialism
Post-Easter and Mayday Meditations

by on June 9, 2023
Christ is risen!Workers of the world, unite! Are these two exclamations mutually exclusive? Can one be an (Orthodox) Christian and an anarchist or a socialist? It all depends on what one means by “Orthodoxy” (or “Christianity” for that matter), and what one means by “socialism” or “anarchism.” Orthodox Christianity, in my view, cannot fully be...
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Orthodoxy and Modernity, Theology

Give Us This Day Our Daily Portion of Nationalism…

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by Davor Džalto I tried to stay away from publicly expressing my thoughts on the current church/autocephaly crisis in Ukraine, for many reasons. First of all, there are much more competent people who know the situation better than I do. Second, the issue of autocephaly of the church in Ukraine has,... Read more.
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Our Neoliberal Orthodoxy

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This essay is about the institutional church, and about the way it operates in the countries where Orthodoxy has been the dominant and traditional faith (so called “Orthodox countries,” which, although effective, is essentially an oxymoronic phrase). The basic thesis here is that the leadership ... Read more.
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International Day of Peace 2017: Conflicts and Threats Beyond the Left and the Right

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September 21 is observed annually as the International Day of Peace. This year’s theme, the UN informs us, is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” It sounds nice indeed, but what does it mean for the people on this planet? Are we aware of the scale of tensions, conflicts ... Read more.
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Orthodoxy, Human Rights & Secularization

by Rev. Brandon Gallaher, Effie Fokas, Gregory Tucker, Perry Hamalis, Davor Džalto, Aristotle Papanikolaou on | Views: 2654 | Readers' rating:
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“The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World” offers a clear reaffirmation of the “dignity and majesty of the human person” (1.1) in Christian doctrine. Moreover, the exalted status of the human person is here grounded in its ultimate vocation to deification. While the human being ... Read more.
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