UID:
almafu_9961673629202883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 352 pages)
ISBN:
9780300252170
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0-300-25217-X
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9780300218763
Content:
An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question “What is the Church?” His answer is a clear, historically and theologically rooted portrait of what the Church is for Orthodox Christianity and how it differs from Western Christians’ expectations. McGuckin explores the lived faith of generations, including sketches of some of the most important theological themes and individual personalities of the ancient and modern Church. He interweaves a personal approach throughout, offering to readers the experience of what it is like to enter an Orthodox church and witness its liturgy. In this astute and insightful book, he grapples with the reasons why many Western historians and societies have overlooked Orthodox Christianity and provides an important introduction to the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Christian World.
Note:
PRELUDE: The naming of parts -- 1. Ecclesial foundations: Proto- and post-apostolic times -- 2. Shaping orthodoxy, mapping heresy -- 3. The classical Patristic period -- 4. The Byzantine Imperial Church -- 5. The Church's expansion -- 6. Orthodox life under and after Islamic dominion -- 7. Orthodoxy under the communists -- 8. The twentieth-century Orthodox diaspora -- 9. Recent outstanding Orthodox figures -- 10. Day-to-day life in an Orthodox church -- POSTLUDE: What role for orthodoxy in a postmodern environment? -- APPENDIX: A brief commentary on the Nicene Creed (A.D. 325).
,
In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-21876-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300252170
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