Living Icons Persons of Faith in the Eastern Church

Name: Living Icons Persons of Faith in the Eastern Church
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ISBN: 9780268033507

ISBN-10: 0268033501

ISBN-13: 9780268033507

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michael Plekon, Lawrence S. Cunningham

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Living Icons portrays holiness in the lives and thoughts of ten people of faith in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The author introduces readers to a diverse and unusual group of men and women who strove to put the Gospel of Christ into action.

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 1/19/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Finding "Living Icons"



St. Seraphim of Sarov: An Image of Holiness in Our Time



Sergius Bulgakov: Political Economist and Priest, Marxist and Mystic



Maria Skobtsova: Woman of Many Faces, Mother in Many Ways



Lev Gillet: The Monk in the City, a Pilgrim in Many Worlds




Paul Evdokimov: Worldly Theologian, Man of the Church



Gregory Krug: Artist of the Icon, Theologian of Beauty



Nicolas Afanasiev: Explorer of the Eucharist, the Church, and Life in Them



Alexander Schmemann: Teacher of Freedom and Joy in the World as Sacrament



John Meyendorff: Defender of Living Tradition



Alexander Men: A Modern Martyr, Free in the Faith, Open to the World



Holiness in Our Time


Afterword



Notes


Index