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A comprehensive study of Eastern Orthodoxy - its historical development and theology - The Orthodox Church is also an engaging assessment of Orthodoxy's political role in today's secularized Western world.

Produktbeschreibung
A comprehensive study of Eastern Orthodoxy - its historical development and theology - The Orthodox Church is also an engaging assessment of Orthodoxy's political role in today's secularized Western world.
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Autorenporträt
Father John Anthony McGuckin is a Stavrofor Priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He is the Nielsen Professor of Early Christian and Byzantine Church History at Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christianity at New York's Columbia University. Professor McGuckin has published more than twenty books on religious and historical themes and is considered one of the most articulate spokespersons of the early Christian and Eastern Orthodox tradition writing in English today.
Rezensionen
"As a handbook for what would be considered the traditionalOrthodox position on matters of Christian belief, thought, andpraxis, it is reliable, with relatively few omissions, and wellwritten." (CHURCH HISTORY, June 2009)

"The volume's detailed, comprehensive treatment will requireand repay a careful reading. Summing Up: Essential."(Choice, April 2009)

Throughout he writes with passion, deep sensitivity, and awonderful evocative clarity." (Logos, May 2009)

"[The book] will help the Orthodox to a deeper understanding ofthe riches of their faith and will introduce the non-Orthodox tofresh ways of thinking about their faith, and both to a renewedengagement with the life of the church." (EcclesiasticalHistory, April 2009)

"McGuckin's hope that his book may contribute to the dialoguebetween East and West deserves to be realised." (ChurchTimes, October 2008)