Encounters with Orthodoxy

Encounters with Orthodoxy
Author: John P. Burgess
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664235905

When author and theologian John P. Burgess first travelled to Russia, he was hoping to expand his theological horizons and explore the rebirth of the Orthodox Church since the fall of Communism. But what he found changed some fundamental assumptions about his own tradition of North American Protestantism. In this book, Burgess looks to Orthodoxy to help the North American Protestant church„which has seen membership decline to below 50% of the population for the first time„find new ways to worship, teach, and spread its message. He considers Orthodox rituals, icons, the attention to saints and miracles, monastic life, and Eucharistic theology and practice. He then explores whether and how Protestants can use these elements of Orthodoxy to help revitalize the mainline church. Burgess helpfully demonstrates the ways in which Orthodoxy calls us back to what is most important in Christian faith and life.

Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy

Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy
Author: Dr Adrian Pabst
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1409478149

This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common point of reference in this encounter. Both Radical and Eastern Orthodoxy agree that the transfiguration of the world through the Word is at the very centre of the Christian faith. The book explores how this process of transformation can be envisaged with regard to epistemological, ontological, aesthetical, ecclesiological and political questions. Contributors to this volume include Rowan Williams, John Milbank, Antoine Arjakovsky, Michael Northcott, Nicholas Loudovikos, Andrew Louth and Catherine Pickstock.

Encountering the Mystery

Encountering the Mystery
Author: Bartholomew I (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople)
Publisher: Image
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0385518137

The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity chronicles the history, culture, traditions, and tenets of his faith in a volume that traces the two-thousand-year evolution of the faith, the schisms that led to its split with Western Christianity, its doctrine and liturgy, its ties to the traditions of the early Christian church, and its enduring teachings and theology. 15,000 first printing.

Eastern Orthodox Theology

Eastern Orthodox Theology
Author: Daniel B. Clendenin
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801026512

A clear introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy and key aspects of the tradition. Now contains new articles and additional readings on Orthodoxy and evangelicalism.

An Introduction to God

An Introduction to God
Author: Andrew Stephen Damick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014
Genre: Antiochian school
ISBN: 9781936270996

Speaking to non-believers and believers alike, Fr. Andrew Damick attempts to create a sacred space in which we can encounter God. In this compact volume, he distills the essence of the traditional Christian faith, addressing the fundamental mysteries of where God is, who God is, why we go to church, and why Christian morality matters. If you've only heard about the Protestant or Roman Catholic version of Christianity, what he has to say may surprise you-and make you long to encounter God in Jesus Christ.From the Foreword by Jonathan Jackson Fr. Andrew Damick has written a beautiful, humble, and profound book on the mystery of God's love for mankind. It is beautiful because the author is introducing the reader to the Beautiful One. It is humble because Fr. Andrew has no interest in conveying his own ideas or philosophies-only the True Faith as passed down from Christ and His Apostles from generation to generation. It is profound because it is a clear and prayerful exposition of pristine Christianity.

Son of Man

Son of Man
Author: Alexander Men
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781879038288

Fr Men's major work on the history of Christianity. Written over a period of 40 years as part of an 8-volume series on the history of religion. Christ's life described through the Gospels and Epistles.

Holy Rus'

Holy Rus'
Author: John P. Burgess
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300222246

A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia's largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus' that historical yet mythical homeland of the eastern Slavic peoples; a foretaste of the perfect justice, peace, harmony, and beauty for which religious believers long; and the glimpse of heaven on earth that persuaded Prince Vladimir to accept Orthodox baptism in Crimea in A.D. 988. Through groundbreaking initiatives in religious education, social ministry, historical commemoration, and parish life, the Orthodox Church is seeking to shape a new, post-communist national identity for Russia. In this eye-opening and evocative book, John Burgess examines Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence from a grassroots level, providing Western readers with an enlightening, inside look at the new Russia.

Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness

Eastern Orthodox Encounters of Identity and Otherness
Author: A. Krawchuk
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2014-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1137377380

From diverse international and multi-disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this volume analyze the experiences, challenges and responses of Orthodox Churches to the foundational transformations associated with the dissolution of the USSR.

Orthodox Theology

Orthodox Theology
Author: Vladimir Lossky
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1978
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780913836439

Can we know God? What is the relation of creation to the Creator? How did man fall, and how is he saved? Lossky demonstrates the close relationship between the Orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and the Orthodox understanding of man.

Know the Faith

Know the Faith
Author: Michael Shanbour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-10-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781944967017

Over the centuries since the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches, the two groups have diverged to the point that they often no longer understand each other's vocabulary, let alone the fundamental concepts on which each faith is built. Know the Faith is an attempt to present Orthodox Christianity in a way Western Christians can understand, grounding each point in Scripture and patristic theology, with comparisons to what Catholics and Protestants believe.Whether you are an Orthodox Christian seeking to explain your faith to others or an inquirer into this ancient faith, Know the Faith will help you understand and communicate the Orthodox faith as never before.