The Eastern Orthodox Church : a new history / John Anthony McGuckin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuckin, John Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--History.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

History.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 352 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

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."--Page [2] of cover.

Contents:

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index.

ISBN:

9780300218763

0300218761

OCLC:

1113415138