The "generation of the sixties" and mission

This article examines the theological and missionary thought developed by the "generation of the sixties" within the Orthodox Church, particularly in the Greek context. The author, Thanassis N. Papathanassiou, offers an analytical study of this intellectual and spiritual current that profoundly renewed Orthodox reflection on mission. The central idea is that this generation, in reaction to a religious activism deemed reductive, refocused theology on the Eucharist, but at the risk of neglecting the social and political dimensions inherent in the missionary vocation of the Church. The contribution of the article lies in shedding light on a structuring theological tension between eucharistic ecclesiology and engagement in the world, a tension that biblical and apostolic sources invite us to transcend by articulating the sacrament of the altar and the service of one's neighbor.