Athanasopoulou-Kypriou Spyridoula

Λέκτορας

Social and Political Theology

Athanasopoulou-Kypriou Spyridoula Image 1

  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  00302831077610

 

  Γ1 003

  Wednesday 15:30-17:30 Thursday 11:30-13:30 By appointment

CV

A G

  • OVERVIEW
  • TEACHING
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • RESEARCH
  • I am a Lecturer in Social and Political Theology at the Department of Primary Education, University of Crete. I studied Theology in Greece at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and, with a scholarship from the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Philosophy of Religion and Critical Theories in the United Kingdom at the University of Manchester, where I also completed my PhD.

    I have taught at the University of Manchester, the University of the Aegean, and in the postgraduate programme in Orthodox Theology at the Hellenic Open University (2006–2020), among others. My research interests focus on the relationship between culture and theology, politics and religion, and gender and religion.

    For 22 years I worked as a Religious Education teacher at the Moraitis School, (Athens) and in parallel I have practised privately as a certified psychotherapist accredited by the British Association for Psychotherapy, holding a postgraduate degree in Integrative Psychotherapy.

    My most recent book is Έστω μια λέξη. Για τη σχέση λογοτεχνίας και θεολογίας και το μυστήριο της ανάγνωσης (Just One Word: On the Relationship between Literature and Theology and the Mystery of Reading), Armos, 2021.
  • Semester/YearUndergraduate Courses
    Χειμερινό 2025-2026ΔΟ2Σ04 Philosophical and Religious Concepts in Art: Educational Perspectives
    Δ02Π16 Religion, Culture and Education
    Εαρινό 2025-2026Δ04Π09 The Relationship between Religion and Science: Social, Political, and Educational Dimensions
    Δ02Σ05 Political Theology and Liberating Pedagogy
  • International scientific journals / conferences
    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2022. ‘A Desire for All Is the Desire for God: “Sexual Orientation” in Light of Gregory of Nyssa’s Account of Gender, Desire and the Soul’s Ascent to God” στο Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura, and Aristotle Papanikolaou (eds), Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality, Fordham University Press, New York 2022, pp. 215-234. (ISBN: ‎ 0823299678)
    fordhampress.com/orthodox-tradition-and-human-sexuality-hb-9780823299683.html

    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2017. ‘The eschatological body: Constructing Christian Orthodox anthropology beyond sexual ideology’, Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 69: 1-2, pp. 323-332.
    brill.com/view/journals/jecs/69/1-4/article-p323_15.xml

    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2015. ‘The gender perspectives of the economic crisis in Greece and the Greek-Orthodox Church’s witness in troubled times: Charity meals or a Quest for justice?’, Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research 23, pp.117-129.
    DOI: 10.2143/ESWTR.23.0.3103635

    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2011. ‘Icons as women’s horizon for their becoming divine in the Eastern Orthodox Church: Exploring the political dimensions of iconology and iconography’, Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research 19 (2011), pp. 67-78.
    doi: 10.2143/ESWTR.19.0.2157468

    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2012. ‘Emancipation through celibacy? The sisterhoods of the Zoe movement and their role in the development of “Christian feminism” in Greece 1938-1960’ στο Trine Stauning Willert and Lina Molokotos-Liederman (eds), Innovation in the Christian Orthodox Tradition? Historical perspectives and case studies on the question of change in Greek Orthodox thought and practice, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 101-121 (ISBN: 9781409420774).
    www.routledge.com/Innovation-in-the-Orthodox-Christian-Tradition-The-Question-of-Change-in-Greek-Orthodox-Thought-and-Practice/Willert-Molokotos-Liederman/p/book/9781138115576?srsltid=AfmBOorNLxIHMcEhev7ONDDDHkf_vNF0pVQydrGrSosp6RbhsGYd4zAd
    Greek scientific journals / conferences
    Collections / Collected volumes
    Αθανασοπούλου-Κυπρίου, Σ. Αικατερίνη Δροσιά και Αντωνία Κυριατζή (επιμ.) 2022. Χριστιανές Γυναίκες στην Αγία Τράπεζα: Μελέτες για την αναβίωση του θεσμού των Διακονισσών, εκδ. Αρμός, Αθήνα σσ 519 (ISBN 978-960-615-481-2)

    Αθανασοπούλου-Κυπρίου, Σ. 2021. Έστω μια Λέξη: Για τη σχέση θεολογίας και λογοτεχνίας και το μυστήριο της ανάγνωσης. Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης, Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, Γιάννης Ρίτσος, Ζωή Καρέλλη, Μαρσέλ Προυστ, Τζαίημς Τζόυς, Σάμουελ Μπέκετ κ.ά, εκδ. Αρμός, Αθήνα σσ. 334 (ISBN 978-960-615-380-8)

    Αθανασοπούλου-Κυπρίου, Σ. 2020. Εδώ και Τώρα: Κείμενα Φιλοσοφικής Θεολογίας περί Βλέμματος, Σεξουαλικότητας, Επιθυμίας και άλλων τινών, εκδ. Αρμός, Αθήνα, σσ. 189 (ISBN 978-960-615-265-8)

    Αθανασοπούλου-Κυπρίου, Σ. 2016. Στο Όριο: Έμφυλα κείμενα χριστιανικής παρουσίας, ιστορίας, κρίσης και ελπίδας, εκδ. Αρμός, Αθήνα, σσ. 213 (ISBN 978-960-527-981-3)

    Athanasopoulou-Kypriou, S. 2006. Modern Thought about Religion and Existence, Elias Bartsoulianos Press, Αthens. pp. 85 (ISBN 960-87255-9-3)
  • Project PositionProject Title
    Coordinator
    Scientific supervisor
    Member