The discovery of Hellenicity and theological anti-Westernism in three Greek theologians of the nineteen sixties

This article examines the relationship between Hellenic identity and anti-Westernism in the thought of three Greek theologians of the 1960s. Drawing on a historical and critical analytical approach, the study investigates the way in which these authors articulated the rediscovery of Hellenicity with a systematic rejection of the Christian West and of modernity. The main argument is that this valorization of the Hellenic heritage often slid toward a cultural exaltation disconnected from its ecclesial foundations, producing a schematic opposition between East and West. On the theological level, the article highlights the limits and aporias of such a stance: idealization of the Eastern tradition, a tendency toward the diabolization of the West, and the identity-based instrumentalization of Hellenism. The contribution of the study lies in a critical rereading of this Greek theological current, whose presuppositions continue to influence certain contemporary Orthodox debates.