Konstantinos Papastathis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4406597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Konstantinos Papastathis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Konstantinos |
| FAMILY NAME | Papastathis |
| SIGNATURE | PAPASTATHIS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Luxembourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5080-2042 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Religious ethno-populism in contemporary Greece
This article examines the ideological foundations and discursive strategies of Níki, Greece’s first distinctly faith-based party. Using the Essex School approach to discourse studies, it examines Níki’s social conservatism, foreign policy, migration stance and media reception. The party constructs a type of political identity rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy, cultural essentialism and the defence of a threatened spiritual heritage. Its discourse is et…
Exploring Perspectives and Challenges in Religious Property Administration
This article examines the issue of property administration within the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from the late Ottoman period to the present, focusing on the acquisition and management of extensive land estates known as vakf that hold immense significance, especially given the ongoing land dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. In this context, the article provides a concise historical overview of the development of the church's imm…
A populist version of religious rigorism in contemporary Greece? The case of the Níki party
A connected history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948)
The special issue critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine. It seeks to identify archival gaps, and to link the study of the micro-scale level of everyday cultural and religious life to the macro-narratives of global change affecting Christian communities, in a connect…
Cultural diplomacy, Church politics, and nationalism in early mandatory Palestine
The transition period from the Ottoman withdrawal from Jerusalem to the establishment of British rule was critical for the Orthodox Church. On the one hand, the rule of Patriarch Damianos was contested by a powerful opposition within the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, which was supported by the government in Athens. On the other hand, the Arab laity sided with Damianos, putting at the same time pressure on the new administration to upgrade it…
Missionary Politics in Late Ottoman Palestine
The aim of the paper is to elaborate on the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate’s missionary work in late Ottoman times, paying special attention on its incapacity to counteract the activities of its rivals within the religious market of Palestine. In particular, the article addresses the following research questions: What was the extent of the Patriarchate’s missionary activity, and its stance vis-à-vis the work of the other Church missions, i.e. th…
The populist breeding ground and religion
This article examines whether the decade preceding the financial crisis fuelled a culture of political resentment in Greece, and the role of religion in this development. To this end, it explores empirically how religiosity affected mainstream and Radical Right attitudes and voting in the period 2000–2010, and to what extent political resentment might have worked as a reinforcing or moderating factor to this relationship. The article primarily de…
The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation
Religious Politics in Mandate Palestine
The paper elaborates on the power struggle over the patriarchal election that took place in the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem in the 1930s and the key role of the Mandatory Authorities in its resolution. The lengthy electoral process reignited the old controversy between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab congregation over the institution’s alleged national character and centralized administrative structure. Consequently, the conflict became entangl…
The Politics of church land administration
This article follows the course of the prolonged land dispute within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek religious establishment and the local Arab laity from the late Ottoman period to the end of the British Mandate (1875–1948). The article examines state policies in relation to Church-owned property and assesses how the administration of this property affected the inter-communal relationship. It is argued that both the Ottoman an…
Religious Discourse and Radical Right Politics in Contemporary Greece, 2010–2014
Building on the ‘pathological normalcy’ thesis, the paper aims at exploring the ideological relationship between the ‘institutional’ Greek Church and the neo-Nazi ‘Golden Dawn’ party. To this end, the paper seeks to examine two interconnected themes: (1) the religious political discourse as a factor for the party's growth; and (2) the significance of the religious value system within the party's ideological structure. The method of analysis emplo…
Christian-Muslim Encounters
The capture of Constantinople (1453) by the Ottoman troops of Mehmed II was a historical turning point. The political reference point of Eastern Christianity was now in Muslim hands, the Ottomans representing in the eyes of late medieval Europeans not only an enemy of the true faith, and as such an obstacle for ecclesiastical unity, but also a potential rival of the papacy as a political power. In short, within the contemporary context and the so…
Colonialism and Religious Power Politics
This article critically assesses the conflict within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab laity concerning the proposals of the Mandatory Government for a new regulatory framework for patriarchal operation. The British presented two draft reform ordinances, neither of which met Arab expectations. Instead of promoting the laity's emancipation from ‘foreign’ Greek administrative and financial control, the ordina…
Church Finances in the Colonial Age
peer reviewed
Authority and Legitimisation
peer reviewed
Church Finances in the Colonial Age
peer reviewed
The Politics of church land administration
This article follows the course of the prolonged land dispute within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek religious establishment and the local Arab laity from the late Ottoman period to the end of the British Mandate (1875–1948). The article examines state policies in relation to Church-owned property and assesses how the administration of this property affected the inter-communal relationship. It is argued that both the Ottoman an…
Colonialism and Religious Power Politics
This article critically assesses the conflict within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab laity concerning the proposals of the Mandatory Government for a new regulatory framework for patriarchal operation. The British presented two draft reform ordinances, neither of which met Arab expectations. Instead of promoting the laity's emancipation from ‘foreign’ Greek administrative and financial control, the ordina…
Religious Politics in Mandate Palestine
The paper elaborates on the power struggle over the patriarchal election that took place in the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem in the 1930s and the key role of the Mandatory Authorities in its resolution. The lengthy electoral process reignited the old controversy between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab congregation over the institution’s alleged national character and centralized administrative structure. Consequently, the conflict became entangl…
Religious Discourse and Radical Right Politics in Contemporary Greece, 2010–2014
Building on the ‘pathological normalcy’ thesis, the paper aims at exploring the ideological relationship between the ‘institutional’ Greek Church and the neo-Nazi ‘Golden Dawn’ party. To this end, the paper seeks to examine two interconnected themes: (1) the religious political discourse as a factor for the party's growth; and (2) the significance of the religious value system within the party's ideological structure. The method of analysis emplo…
The populist breeding ground and religion
This article examines whether the decade preceding the financial crisis fuelled a culture of political resentment in Greece, and the role of religion in this development. To this end, it explores empirically how religiosity affected mainstream and Radical Right attitudes and voting in the period 2000–2010, and to what extent political resentment might have worked as a reinforcing or moderating factor to this relationship. The article primarily de…
A populist version of religious rigorism in contemporary Greece? The case of the Níki party
Missionary Politics in Late Ottoman Palestine
The aim of the paper is to elaborate on the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate’s missionary work in late Ottoman times, paying special attention on its incapacity to counteract the activities of its rivals within the religious market of Palestine. In particular, the article addresses the following research questions: What was the extent of the Patriarchate’s missionary activity, and its stance vis-à-vis the work of the other Church missions, i.e. th…
Authority and Legitimisation
peer reviewed
Authority and Legitimisation
peer reviewed
Church Finances in the Colonial Age
peer reviewed
Colonialism and Religious Power Politics
This article critically assesses the conflict within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab laity concerning the proposals of the Mandatory Government for a new regulatory framework for patriarchal operation. The British presented two draft reform ordinances, neither of which met Arab expectations. Instead of promoting the laity's emancipation from ‘foreign’ Greek administrative and financial control, the ordina…
Religious Discourse and Radical Right Politics in Contemporary Greece, 2010–2014
Building on the ‘pathological normalcy’ thesis, the paper aims at exploring the ideological relationship between the ‘institutional’ Greek Church and the neo-Nazi ‘Golden Dawn’ party. To this end, the paper seeks to examine two interconnected themes: (1) the religious political discourse as a factor for the party's growth; and (2) the significance of the religious value system within the party's ideological structure. The method of analysis emplo…
Christian-Muslim Encounters
The capture of Constantinople (1453) by the Ottoman troops of Mehmed II was a historical turning point. The political reference point of Eastern Christianity was now in Muslim hands, the Ottomans representing in the eyes of late medieval Europeans not only an enemy of the true faith, and as such an obstacle for ecclesiastical unity, but also a potential rival of the papacy as a political power. In short, within the contemporary context and the so…
The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation
Religious Politics in Mandate Palestine
The paper elaborates on the power struggle over the patriarchal election that took place in the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem in the 1930s and the key role of the Mandatory Authorities in its resolution. The lengthy electoral process reignited the old controversy between the Greek hierarchy and the Arab congregation over the institution’s alleged national character and centralized administrative structure. Consequently, the conflict became entangl…
The Politics of church land administration
This article follows the course of the prolonged land dispute within the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem between the Greek religious establishment and the local Arab laity from the late Ottoman period to the end of the British Mandate (1875–1948). The article examines state policies in relation to Church-owned property and assesses how the administration of this property affected the inter-communal relationship. It is argued that both the Ottoman an…
The populist breeding ground and religion
This article examines whether the decade preceding the financial crisis fuelled a culture of political resentment in Greece, and the role of religion in this development. To this end, it explores empirically how religiosity affected mainstream and Radical Right attitudes and voting in the period 2000–2010, and to what extent political resentment might have worked as a reinforcing or moderating factor to this relationship. The article primarily de…
Missionary Politics in Late Ottoman Palestine
The aim of the paper is to elaborate on the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate’s missionary work in late Ottoman times, paying special attention on its incapacity to counteract the activities of its rivals within the religious market of Palestine. In particular, the article addresses the following research questions: What was the extent of the Patriarchate’s missionary activity, and its stance vis-à-vis the work of the other Church missions, i.e. th…
A connected history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948)
The special issue critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine. It seeks to identify archival gaps, and to link the study of the micro-scale level of everyday cultural and religious life to the macro-narratives of global change affecting Christian communities, in a connect…
Cultural diplomacy, Church politics, and nationalism in early mandatory Palestine
The transition period from the Ottoman withdrawal from Jerusalem to the establishment of British rule was critical for the Orthodox Church. On the one hand, the rule of Patriarch Damianos was contested by a powerful opposition within the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, which was supported by the government in Athens. On the other hand, the Arab laity sided with Damianos, putting at the same time pressure on the new administration to upgrade it…
Exploring Perspectives and Challenges in Religious Property Administration
This article examines the issue of property administration within the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from the late Ottoman period to the present, focusing on the acquisition and management of extensive land estates known as vakf that hold immense significance, especially given the ongoing land dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. In this context, the article provides a concise historical overview of the development of the church's imm…
A populist version of religious rigorism in contemporary Greece? The case of the Níki party
Religious ethno-populism in contemporary Greece
This article examines the ideological foundations and discursive strategies of Níki, Greece’s first distinctly faith-based party. Using the Essex School approach to discourse studies, it examines Níki’s social conservatism, foreign policy, migration stance and media reception. The party constructs a type of political identity rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy, cultural essentialism and the defence of a threatened spiritual heritage. Its discourse is et…
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