The Orthodox Church : An Introduction to the History, Doctrine, and Spiritual Culture


John Anthony. McGuckin
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2009.
Omfang
1 online resource (480 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - The Orthodox Church; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note on Sources; Introduction: Strange Encounters; Chapter 1: The Pilgrimage of the Orthodox through History; Chapter 2: The Orthodox Sense of Tradition; Chapter 3: The Doctrine of the Orthodox Church I: The Glory of the Lord; Chapter 4: The Doctrine of the Orthodox Church II: The Economy of Salvation; Chapter 5: The Holy Mysteries and Liturgies; Chapter 6: 'The God-Beloved Emperor': Orthodoxy's Political Imagination; Chapter 7: Orthodoxy and the Contemporary World; Glossary of Orthodox Terminology. - Select BibliographyIndex. - At once a comprehensive study of Eastern Orthodoxy - its historical development and theology - The Orthodox Church is also an engaging assessment of Orthodoxy's political role in today's secularized Western world. Scholarly, timely, and always thought provoking, The Orthodox Church provides Orthodoxy with the long-awaited voice to engage in a meaningful dialog with contemporary Western culture.A major new full length study of the Orthodox Church written by one of the leading Orthodox historians and theologians of the English-speaking world The most compreh
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