Publications for Alexandre Christoyannopoulos
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Journal Articles
Christoyannopoulos, A (2024)
Questioning the warist orthodoxy: pacifist critical reflections on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
International Affairs, ISSN: 0020-5850.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2024)
Mapping the landscape between pacifism and anarchism: accusations, rejoinders, and mutual resonances,
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, ISSN: 1369-1481. DOI:
10.1177/13691481241257806.
Martin, B,
Christoyannopoulos, A, Svensson, I, Cunningham, KG, Anisin, A, Durance, A, Cervera-Marzal, M (2024)
Forum: On Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline,
Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 2(2), pp.255-289, ISSN: 2772-7874. DOI:
10.1163/27727882-bja00030.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2023)
Pacifism and nonviolence: discerning the contours of an emerging multidisciplinary research agenda,
Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, 1(1), pp.1-27, ISSN: 2772-7874. DOI:
10.1163/27727882-bja00011.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2022)
An Anarcho-Pacifist Reading of International Relations: A Normative Critique of International Politics from the Confluence of Pacifism and Anarchism,
International Studies Quarterly, 66(4), ISSN: 0020-8833. DOI:
10.1093/isq/sqac070.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2021)
A pacifist critique of the red poppy: reflections on British war commemorations’ increasingly hegemonic militarism,
Critical Military Studies, 9(3), pp.324-345, ISSN: 2333-7486. DOI:
10.1080/23337486.2021.2014237.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Nelson, EA (2020)
Leo Tolstoy’s impact on Dorothy Day and the Catholic worker movement,
Tolstoy Studies Journal, 32, pp.17-39, ISSN: 1044-1573.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2019)
The subversive potential of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘defamiliarisation’: a case study in drawing on the imagination to denounce violence,
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, ISSN: 1369-8230. DOI:
10.1080/13698230.2019.1565700.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016)
Leo Tolstoy's Anticlericalism in Its Context and Beyond: A Case against Churches and Clerics, Religious and Secular,
Religions, 7(5), 59, ISSN: 2077-1444. DOI:
10.3390/rel7050059.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
'Bethink Yourselves or You Will Perish'; Leo Tolstoy's Voice a Century after his death',
Anarchist Studies, 18(2), pp.11-18.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
'Jesus Christ against the Westphalian Leviathans: A Christian Anarchist Critique of Our Coercive, Idolatrous and Unchristian International Order',
Global Discourse, 1(2).
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008)
'Leo Tolstoy on the State: A detailed Picture of Tolstoy's Denunciation of State Violence and Deception',
Anarchist Studies, 16(1), pp.20-47.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008)
'Turning the other Cheek to Terrorism: Reflections on the Contemporary Significance of Leo Tolstoy's Exegesis of Sermon on the Mount',
Politics and Religion, 1(1), pp.27-54.
Christoyannopoulos, AJME and Milne, J (2007)
Love, Justice, and Social Eschatology,
Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology, 48(6), pp.972-991, ISSN: 0018-1196.
Conferences
Christoyannopoulos, A (2018) Anarchism and Religion. In
“Anarchismus in der Geschichte” Cusanuswerk conference, Frankfurt.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2017) Leo Tolstoy’s Critique of Violence. In
Political Studies Association annual conference, Glasgow.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2017) Leo Tolstoy’s Political Thought. In
Anarchism, Radicalism, Utopianism workshop, Konstanz.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016) Sparking the Pacifist Imagination by Depicting the Familiar as New: The Subversive Potential of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Defamiliarisation’. In
Anarchist Studies Network 4rd international conference, Loughborough.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016) Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Defamiliarisation’ of Violence: A Case Study in Art Activism. In
Art Activism and Political Violence workshop, Loughborough.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016) Sparking the Pacifist Imagination by Depicting the Familiar as New: The Subversive Potential of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Defamiliarisation’. In
European Consortium of Political Research Joint Sessions, Pisa.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016) Leo Tolstoy’s Anticlericalism. In
Political Studies Association annual conference, Brighton.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2015) Religion and anarchism: mapping the territory. In
Bible, Critical Theory and Reception conference, Birmingham.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2015) The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy’s International Thought for a ‘Postsecular’ Age. In
European International Studies Association 9th pan-European conference, Giardini Naxos.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2015) Eccentric Yet Still Prophetic: Leo Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchist Thought. In
European International Studies Association 9th pan-European conference, Giardini Naxos.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014) Religion and anarchism: mapping the territory. In
Anarchist Studies Network 3rd international conference, Loughborough.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014) Leo Tolstoy’s anticlericalism. In
“Enlightened Anarchism” conference, Rovaniemi.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014)
The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy’s Postsecular Thought. In
Dialogue of Civilizations: World Public Forum, Rhodes.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014) Une critique anarchiste chrétienne de la violence : tendre l’autre joue comme un rejet de l’État. In
Religion et Contestation, Clermont-Ferrand.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014) Eccentric Yet Prophetic: Leo Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchist Thought. In
Religion, Democracy and Law, London.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2013)
Eccentric Yet Prophetic: Leo Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchist Thought. In
Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy 10th Anniversary Conference, Leicester.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2013)
Eccentric Yet Still Prophetic: Leo Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchist Thought. In
7th ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, France, pp.1-27.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2013) The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy's International Thought for a 'Postsecular' Age. In
Sacred & Secular: Researching the Role of Religion in Contemporary Europe, Leicester.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2012) Religious Studies and Anarchism. In
Anarchism Today: Encounters with the Humanities and Social Sciences, Goldsmiths, University of London, pp.1-10.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2012) Leo Tolstoy’s Political Thought. In
Anarchist Studies Network Conference 2.0: 'Making Connections', Loughborough University, pp.1-7.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2012)
Christianisme libertaire. In
Christianisme et subversion, Maison des Associations de Solidarité, Paris, France, pp.0-10.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
"The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy’s Postsecular International Thought". In
The Postsecular in International Politics, University of Sussex, pp.0-26.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
"The Golden Rule on the Green Stick: Leo Tolstoy’s Postsecular International Thought". In
Confronting the Global, Warwick University, pp.1-25.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
"Violent, Deceptive, Enslaving and Idolatrous:
A Christian anarchist critique of the global political economy". In
Religion and Economy in a Global World, Aix-en-Provence, France, pp.1-16.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011) Tolstoy's Passionate Politics. In
The Passions and the Political Workshop, Canterbury (UK), pp.1-16.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) Red and Black Christians: Some Similarities and Differences between Liberation Theology and Christian Anarchism. In
Religion and Liberation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, Durham (UK), pp.1-21.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) De Tolstoï et Ellul aux Catholic workers. In
Colloque Parvis, Lyon (France), pp.1-10.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) Leo Tolstoy's Approach to Christianity. In
Manchester Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester (UK), pp.1-30.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) Him Only Shalt Thou Serve': A Christian Anarchist Critique of the Westphalian International Order. In
Rethinking Anarchy: Anarchism and World Politics, Bristol (UK), pp.1-23.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) A Christian Anarchist Critique of Violence: From Turning the Other Cheek to a Rejection of the State. In
Political Studies Association annual conference, Edinburgh (UK), pp.1-21.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010) A Christian Anarchist Critique of Violence: From Turning the Other Cheek to a Rejection of the State. In
global conference organised by InterDisciplinary.Net, Evil, Law and the State, Salzburg (Austria), pp.1-21.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2009) Him Only Shalt Thou Serve': A Christian Anarchist Critique of the Westphalian International Order. In
British International Studies Association annual conference, Exeter (UK), pp.1-23.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2009) Red and Black Christians: Some Similarities and Differences between Liberation Theology and Christian Anarchism. In
Is Black and Red Dead? conference, Nottingham (UK), pp.1-21.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2009)
The Contemporary Relevance of Tolstoy's Late Political Thought. In
21st World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Santiago de Chile, pp.1-17.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008) Responding to the State: Romans 13, `Render unto Caesar' and the Question of Civil Disobedience. In
Anarchist Studies Network conference, Loughborough (UK), pp.1-24.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008) Christian anarchism: A Revolutionary Reading of the Bible. In
Second World International Studies Conference, Ljubljana (Slovenia), pp.1-18.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008) Tolstoy the Christian Anarchist. In
Society for the Study of Theology conference, Durham (UK), pp.1-5.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2006)
Christian Anarchism: A Forgotten Alternative for the Peaceful Ordering of Society. In
Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Reading University.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2005)
Leo Tolstoy and the “War on Terror:” A Radical Christian Response to Violence. In
Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Leeds.
Books
Christoyannopoulos, A (2024)
Christlicher Anarchismus : Ein politischer Kommentar zum Evangelium, Books on Demand, ISBN: 9783758331572.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Adams, M (2023)
Απέναντι στο Κράτος: αναρχοχριστιανικές προσεγγίσεις, Εκδόσεις Firebrand, ISBN: 9786188659315.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2022)
L’anarchisme chrétien: Un commentaire politique de l’Évangile, Atelier de création libertaire, ISBN: 978-2-35104-175-8.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2021)
Η δουλεία της εποχής μας: το κράτος, Πανόπτικον.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Adams, M (ed) (2020)
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume III, Stockholm University Press, ISBN: 9789176351109. DOI:
10.16993/bbb.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2019)
Tolstoy’s Political Thought: Christian Anarcho-Pacifist Iconoclasm Then and Now, Routledge, ISBN: 9780415604024.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Apps, L (2018)
Anarchisme et religion, Atelier de création libertaire, ISBN: 9782351041123.
JME, CA and S, AM (ed) (2018)
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume II, © The Authors. Published by Stockholm University Press, ISBN: 9789176350751. DOI:
10.16993/bas.
S, AM and JME, CA (ed) (2017)
Essays in anarchism and religion: Volume 1, © The Authors. Published by Stockholm University Press, ISBN: 9789176350430. DOI:
10.16993/bak.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel [Abridged edition], Imprint Academic, ISBN: 978-1845402471.
Christoyannopoulos, A (ed) (2011)
Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel, Imprint Academic, ISBN: 978-1845401931.
Christoyannopoulos, A (ed) (2009)
Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1443811323.
Chapters
Christoyannopoulos, A and Jackson, R (Accepted for publication) Pacifism. In Schindler, S and Jahn, B (ed) Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations, Edward Elgar, tbc.
Christoyannopoulos, A (Accepted for publication) Tolstoy’s Christian Anarcho-Pacifism: An Exposition. In Adams, M and Christoyannopoulos, A (ed) Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume III, Stockholm University Press, pp.71-118.
Adams, M (2020)
Community, communion, and communism: Religion and spirituality in Herbert Read’s anarchism. In Adams, ACMS (ed)
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume III, Stockholm University Press, pp.119-150, ISBN: 9789176351086. DOI:
10.16993/bbb.d.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Adams, M (2020)
Anarchism, religion, and the religiousness of political ideologies. In Adams, ACMS (ed)
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume III, Stockholm University Press, pp.1-19, ISBN: 9789176351086. DOI:
10.16993/bbb.a.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2019)
Introduction: The background to Tolstoy’s political thought. In
Tolstoy’s Political Thought: Christian Anarcho-Pacifist Iconoclasm Then and Now, Routledge, pp.1-22, ISBN: 9780415604024. DOI:
10.4324/9780429330957.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Fiscella, AT (2019)
‘Religious’ radicalism. In
Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics, © Routledge, pp.492-509, ISBN: 9781138665422.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2019)
Anarchism and religious studies. In
The Anarchist Imagination, Routledge, pp.210-228, DOI:
10.4324/9781315693163-13.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2018)
Leo Tolstoi über den Staat. In Kalicha, S (ed)
Je mehr Gewalt, desto weniger Revolution: Texte zum gewaltfreien Anarchismus & anarchistischen Pazifismus, Verlag Graswurzelrevolution, pp.17-59, ISBN: 978-3-939045-31-1.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Apps, L (2018)
Anarchism and religion. In
Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism, Palgrave Macmillan,ISBN: 9783319756196.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Adams, M (2018)
Anarchism and religion: Exploring definitions. In
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume II, © The Authors. Published by Stockholm University Press, pp.1-19, ISBN: 9789176350751. DOI:
10.16993/bas.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Apps, L (2017)
Anarchism and religion. In
A Companion to Anarchist Philosophy, Brill, pp.120-151, DOI:
10.1163/9789004356894_006.
Christoyannopoulos, A and Adams, M (2017)
Anarchism and religion: Mapping an increasingly fruitful landscape. In
Essays in Anarchism and Religion: volume I, Stockholm University Press © The Authors, pp.1-17, ISBN: 9789176350430. DOI:
10.16993/bak.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2016)
Une critique anarchiste chretienne de la violence: tendre l'autre joue comme un rejet de l'etat. In
Religion et contestation, © Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, pp.37-61, ISBN: 978-2-84516-741-4.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2015)
Religious studies and anarchism. In
The Anarchist Imagination: Anarchism encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences, Routledge,ISBN: 9781138782761.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014)
The Golden Rule on the green stick: Leo Tolstoy's 'postsecular' international thought. In
Towards a Postsecular International Politics: New Forms of Community, Identity, and Power, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.81-102, ISBN: 9781137341778.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014)
Leo Tolstoy. In
The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Wiley-Blackwell,ISBN: 9781405191296.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014)
Tolstoy’s anarchist denunciation of state violence and deception [Russian text]. In
Unknown Parent Title, © РОССПЭН, pp.277-298, ISBN: 978-5-8243-1880-7.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2014)
‘Bethink yourselves or you will perish’: Leo Tolstoy’s voice a centenary after his death [Russian text]. In
Unknown Parent Title, © РОССПЭН, pp.299-305, ISBN: 978-5-8243-1880-7.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2013)
Die Bergpredigt - ein christlich-anarchistisches Manifest: Ausgewählte Passagen libertär interpretiert. In Kalicha, S (ed)
Christlicher Anarchismus: Facetten einer libertären Strömung, Verlag Graswurzelrevolution, pp.49-88, ISBN: 978-3-939045-21-2.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
'A Christian Anarchist Critique of Violence: From Turning the Other Cheek to a Rejection of the State'. In King, ES, Salzani, C, Staley, O (ed)
Law, Morality and Politics: Global Perspectives on Violence and the State, Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp.19-26.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
Christian Anarchism: A Revolutionary Reading of the Bible. In Jun, N and Wahl, S (ed)
New Perspectives on Anarchism (part of the Out Sources: Philosophy, Culture, Politics series), MD: Lexington, pp.149-167, ISBN: 978-0739132418.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
A Christian anarchist critique of violence: From turning the other cheek to a rejection of the state. In
Law, Morality and Politics: Global Perspectives on Violence and the State, © Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp.19-26, ISBN: 978-1-84888-041-2.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2009)
'Responding to the State: Christian Anarchists on Romans 13, Rendering to Caesar and Civil Disobedience'. In
Christoyannopoulos, A (ed)
Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.106-144.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2009)
'Leo Tolstoy'. In Ness, EI (ed)
International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present, Blackwell, xxxx.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008)
'Tolstoy's Anarchist Denunciation of State Violence and Deception'. In Kofmel, EE (ed)
Anti-Democratic Thought, Imprint Academic, pp.85-100.
Other
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
Exclusive Interview with Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, author of 'Christian Anarchism', interview for The Firebrand: A Magazine of Liberatory Politics.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
Was Jesus an Anarchist?, Interview for ''Will and Testament' William Crawley's BBC blog.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2011)
An Introduction to Christian Anarchism, Interview for 'The Mormon Worker'.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2010)
Tripp York's 'Living on Hope While Living in Babylon: The Christian Anarchists of the 20th Century'.
Christoyannopoulos, A (2008)
'Tolstoy's Anarchism', Interview with C.S.Soong on 'Against the Grain' programme.
