Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches

Name: Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches
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ISBN: 9780521661409

ISBN-10: 0521661404

ISBN-13: 9780521661409

Edition: 2002

Authors: John Binns

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This clear and accessible introduction describes the life of the Orthodox Churches of the Christian East from the accession of the Emperor Constantine in 312 up to the year 2000. It explores the nature of the various churches of the Christian East, both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Orthodox, the Church of the East, and Greek Catholic Churches. It explains both the common traditions and the different and sometimes divisive local characteristics. The distinctive Orthodox approaches to the themes of liturgy, theology, monastic life and spirituality, iconography, popular religion, mission, politics and the schism between East and West are discussed in turn. A final chapter examines the…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/4/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.232



List of illustrations


List of maps


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction: identifying Orthodoxy



Description: a map of Orthodoxy



Liturgy: where heaven and earth meet



Doctrine: believing in the Orthodox Churches



Icons: revelation in image



Monasticism: shaping of saints



Popular piety: people, places, pilgrimage



Mission: incarnation as proclamation



Church and state: the dream of God's kingdom on earth



East and West: the division of Christendom



Prospect: a cautious reforming


Table of dates


Bibliography


Index