The Eastern Orthodox Church : a new history

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The Eastern Orthodox Church : a new history

John Anthony McGuckin

Yale University Press, c2020

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index

Summary: "In this lively and intimate account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin tackles 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."--Dust jacket

Contents of Works

  • Ecclesial foundations : proto- and post-apostolic times
  • Shaping orthodoxy, mapping heresy
  • The classical patristic period
  • The Byzantine imperial church
  • The Church's expansion
  • Orthodox life under and after Islamic dominion
  • Orthodoxy under the communists
  • The twentieth-century Orthodox diaspora
  • Recent outstanding Orthodox figures
  • Day-to-day life. in an Orthodox church
  • What role for orthodoxy in a postmodern environment?
  • Appendix : A brief commentary on the Nicene Creed (A.D. 325)

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"An engaging, sophisticated yet accessible, account of the Orthodox Church-its self-understanding, theology, sacramental life, and history. . . . One of the best introductions available."-John Behr, author of The Mystery of Christ An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age "Lucid. . . . Engrossing . . . [A] thorough history."-Publishers Weekly In this lively and intimate account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin tackles 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.

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