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-Aristotle Papanikolaou's The Mystical as Political will be the standard Eastern Orthodox text in classes on theology and politics. It evinces a thorough engagement with the current debates in theology and politics, a rich awareness of the theological issues at stake, and a crisply distinctive position of its own. It will be enormously educational for classroom use, as well as being an immense contribution to the scholarly conversations on these matters.- --Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia

. . . the text is a major contribution to the ongoing discussion between Christian theology and the political arena; Papanikolaou makes a significant contribution by giving an Eastern Orthodox voice to the conversation. --The Asbury Journal <p/> This recent work by Aristotle Papanikolaou . . . is a profound achievement in political theology. Papanikolaou's work fills a great void in Orthodox Christian studies as well as political theology. . . . What I find particularly helpful in this work is his positive appreciation of liberal democracy and human rights from an Orthodox Christian perspective, which many Orthodox prelates and theologians simply find incompatible with their faith tradition. --Journal of Church and State <p/> Aristotle Papanikolaou's The Mystical as Political is a welcome contribution to discussions concerning Christian political theology in particular and the role of religion in the contemporary context more generally. His 'non-radical Orthodoxy' supports critical engagement with modern liberal democracies on the basis of the church's mission to persuade human beings to enter freely into communion with God. --Journal of Religion <p/> Drawing on a wide range of historical source and contemporary political theology, [Papanikolaou] offers a fresh and constructive overview of the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and the political realm. Papanikolaou's book makes a welcome contribution to the debate on the significance of symphonia in contemporary politics. --Religion, State and Society <p/> . . . Aristotle Papanikolaou engages Orthodox tradition, a persistent Eastern suspicion of Western values, and contemporary Western theological assertions that liberal democracy is anathema to a eucharistic understanding of church. . . This book is a model for how a scholar can be critical, careful, and even generous in his disagreements. --Horizons

. . . the text is a major contribution to the ongoing discussion between Christian theology and the political arena; Papanikolaou makes a significant contribution by giving an Eastern Orthodox voice to the conversation. --The Asbury Journal This recent work by Aristotle Papanikolaou . . . is a profound achievement in political theology. Papanikolaou's work fills a great void in Orthodox Christian studies as well as political theology. . . . What I find particularly helpful in this work is his positive appreciation of liberal democracy and human rights from an Orthodox Christian perspective, which many Orthodox prelates and theologians simply find incompatible with their faith tradition. --Journal of Church and State Aristotle Papanikolaou's The Mystical as Political is a welcome contribution to discussions concerning Christian political theology in particular and the role of religion in the contemporary context more generally. His 'non-radical Orthodoxy' supports critical engagement with modern liberal democracies on the basis of the church's mission to persuade human beings to enter freely into communion with God. --Journal of Religion Drawing on a wide range of historical source and contemporary political theology, [Papanikolaou] offers a fresh and constructive overview of the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and the political realm. Papanikolaou's book makes a welcome contribution to the debate on the significance of symphonia in contemporary politics. --Religion, State and Society . . . Aristotle Papanikolaou engages Orthodox tradition, a persistent Eastern suspicion of Western values, and contemporary Western theological assertions that liberal democracy is anathema to a eucharistic understanding of church. . . This book is a model for how a scholar can be critical, careful, and even generous in his disagreements. --Horizons

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Aristotle Papanikolaou is professor of theology at Fordham University. He is the author of Being With God: Trinity, Apophaticism, and Divine-Human Communion (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006).

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