John Binns

An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. 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 response of the Churches to the new freedom following the collapse of communism and the prospects for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780521667388
• ISBN-10: 0521667380
• Artikelnr.: 22110985

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: identifying Orthodoxy
2. Description: a map of Orthodoxy
3. Liturgy: where heaven and earth meet
4. Doctrine: believing in the Orthodox Churches
5. Icons: revelation in image
6. Monasticism: shaping of saints
7. Popular piety: people, places, pilgrimage
8. Mission: incarnation as proclamation
9. Church and state: the dream of God's kingdom on earth
10. East and West: the division of Christendom
11. Prospect: a cautious reforming
Table of dates
Bibliography
Index.