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Spiritual Direction In The Early Christian East (Paperback): Irenee Hausherr Spiritual Direction In The Early Christian East (Paperback)
Irenee Hausherr; Introduction by Kalistos Ware; Translated by Anthony P. Gythiel
R1,320 R1,159 Discovery Miles 11 590 Save R161 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a day when psychological counseling sometimes passes as spiritual direction', this book reminds us that early Christians--like Eastern Christians still today--were convinced that only someone with long and deep experience in prayer and discipline can dare to lead others along the way to God.

Incarnate Love - Essays in Orthodox Ethics, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2 Ed): Vigen Guroian Incarnate Love - Essays in Orthodox Ethics, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2 Ed)
Vigen Guroian
R3,146 R2,221 Discovery Miles 22 210 Save R925 (29%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Incarnate Love is a major contribution to both Orthodox ethics and to Christian self-understanding. Completely revised with a new preface and two additional chapters, this work aims to articulate a social ethic that can make sense of the Orthodox experience in the United States, as well as challenge the Orthodox tradition to formulate a new strategy for church and societal interaction.

The Making of Holy Russia - The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism Before the Revolution (Paperback): John Strickland The Making of Holy Russia - The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism Before the Revolution (Paperback)
John Strickland
R878 R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Save R60 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Church as a unifying force, central to the identity and purpose of the burgeoning, yet increasingly religiously diverse Russian Empire. Their views were articulated in a variety of ways. Bishops such as Metropolitan Antony Khrapovitsky - a founding hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia - and other members of the clergy expressed their vision of Russia through official publications (including ecclesiastical journals), sermons, the organization of pilgrimages and the canonization of saints. On the other hand, religious intellectuals (such as the famous philosopher Vladimir Soloviev and the controversial former-Marxist Sergey Bulgakov) promoted what was often a variant vision of the nation through the publication of books and articles. Even the once persecuted Old Believers, emboldened by a religious toleration edict of 1905, sought to claim a role in national leadership. And many - in particularly famous painter Mikhail Vasnetsov - looked to art and architecture as a way of defining the religious ideals of modern Russia. Whilst other studies exist that draw attention to the voices in the Church typified as "liberal" in the years leading up to the Revolution, this work introduces the reader to a wide range of "conservative" opinion that equally strove for spiritual renewal and the spread of the Gospel. Ultimately neither the "conservative" voices presented here nor those of their better-known "liberal" protagonists were able to prevent the calamity that befell Russia with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Grounded in original research conducted in the newly accessible libraries and archives of post-Soviet Russia, this study is intended to reveal the wider relevance of its topic to an ongoing discussion of the relationship between national or ethnic identities on the one hand and the self-understanding of Orthodox Christianity as a universal and transformative Faith on the other.

The Old Believers in Imperial Russia - Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow (Paperback): Peter T.... The Old Believers in Imperial Russia - Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow (Paperback)
Peter T. De Simone
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will be no fourth.' So spoke Russian monk Hegumen Filofei of Pskov in 1510, proclaiming Muscovite Russia as heirs to the legacy of the Roman Empire following the collapse of the Byzantine Empire. The so-called 'Third Rome Doctrine' spurred the creation of the Russian Orthodox Church, although just a century later a further schism occurred, with the Old Believers (or 'Old Ritualists') challenging Patriarch Nikon's liturgical and ritualistic reforms and laying their own claim to the mantle of Roman legacy. While scholars have commonly painted the subsequent history of the Old Believers as one of survival in the face of persistent persecution at the hands of both tsarist and church authorities, Peter De Simone here offers a more nuanced picture. Based on research into extensive, yet mostly unknown, archival materials in Moscow, he shows the Old Believers as versatile and opportunistic, and demonstrates that they actively engaged with, and even challenged, the very notion of the spiritual and ideological place of Moscow in Imperial Russia.Ranging in scope from Peter the Great to Lenin, this book will be of use to all scholars of Russian and Orthodox Church history.

Revivalism - Representing an Afro-Jamaican Identity (Paperback): Maria A. Robinson-Smith Revivalism - Representing an Afro-Jamaican Identity (Paperback)
Maria A. Robinson-Smith
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Maria A. Smith presents an overview and genealogy of Revivalism in this work. She explores the role of the Revival iconography in building a culture of shared understanding among Revivalists and, by extension, African Jamaicans. The Watt Town setting, with bands coming together from communities all over Jamaica, engaging in the same practices, is a symbolic homeland where people celebrate their Africanness and sustain the collective memory of Revivalists. Revival iconography is explored through its many modes: visual, sound and movement. Seals, symbols and colour symbolism are presented as a representation of the repertoire of images that make up the Revival iconography. Revival cosmology in the rituals and ceremonies are explored and the spaces created by the seals are treated as liminal ones for the enactment of cultural performances. Smith makes the point that the iconography makes it possible for Revivalists to interpret events and rituals in much the same way across Jamaica. Iconography is the symbolic language and carrier of culture that is central to the practice and production of shared meanings, and this language gives Revivalists a sense of identity. The Revival iconography stores information that makes it possible for Revivalists to reconnect with African metaphysics, thus reclaiming the African self.

Three Byzantine Saints (Paperback): Dawes Three Byzantine Saints (Paperback)
Dawes
R645 R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Save R33 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These Byzantine biographies of St Daniel the Stylite, St Theodore of Sykeon, and St John the Almsgiver help us to enter into the Byzantine ascetic thought world, with its miracles, its feeling of the nearness of saints and demons, its contempt for the body, and its longing for the peace of the soul. They also give us a vivid picture of life in Asia Minor before the Arab invasions, and are in many ways documents concerning the social history of Byzantium. The introduction and bibliographical notes of Dr Norman Baynes are a mine of information and are matched by the excellence of the translations of the lives by Dr Elizabeth Dawes, who captures the widely divergent aspects of Byzantine piety. John the Almsgiver was Patriarch of Alexandria in a time of crisis during the early years of the seventh century; Theodore the Sykeote represents life among the peasantry of Anatolia at the end of the sixth century; Daniel the pillar saint, who died in 493 AD, challenged many to seek a more disciplined theological and spiritual life through his strange form of asceticism.

Scripture Readings in Orthodox Wors (Paperback): A. Georges Scripture Readings in Orthodox Wors (Paperback)
A. Georges
R426 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The scripture lessons of the Orthodox Church through the course of its liturgical seasons and feasts. Scriptural texts are interpreted within the context of the Church's worship and prayer.

Holy Rus' - The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia (Hardcover): John P. Burgess Holy Rus' - The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia (Hardcover)
John P. Burgess
R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence "A compelling picture."-Irina Papkova, Russian Review "Powerful."-Philip Jenkins, Christian Century 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.

On the Orthodox Faith - Volume 3 of the Fount of Knowledge (Paperback): Norman St John of Damascus On the Orthodox Faith - Volume 3 of the Fount of Knowledge (Paperback)
Norman St John of Damascus; Translated by Russell
R795 R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Save R60 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Considered by many to be the final and crowning work of the patristic age, St John of Damascus' On the Orthodox Faith addresses all the major areas of Christian belief: Trinitarian theology, Christology, soteriology, the sacraments, the veneration of icons, saints, and relics, and much more. This new translation by Norman Russell includes a helpful introduction discussing the origin and reception of the text. This diglot edition, reproducing the critical Greek text on the facing page, is sure to become the standard and classic edition of this central and important patristic work. Saint John of Damascus was a Syrian monk and priest. Born in the seventh century and raised in Damascus, he died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem. He wrote works expounding the Christian faith and composed hymns which are still used. He is one of the most widely read Fathers and is best known for his strong defense of icons.

Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great - Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt (Paperback): David... Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great - Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt (Paperback)
David Brakke, Andrew Crislip
R1,059 Discovery Miles 10 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shenoute the Great (c.347-465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons attracted crowds of clergy, monks, and lay people; he advised military and government officials; he worked to ensure that his followers would be faithful to orthodox Christian teaching; and he vigorously and violently opposed paganism and the oppressive treatment of the poor by the rich. This volume presents in translation a selection of his sermons and other orations. These works grant us access to the theology, rhetoric, moral teachings, spirituality, and social agenda of a powerful Christian leader during a period of great religious and social change in the later Roman Empire.

HIV is God's Blessing - Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia (Paperback): Jarrett Zigon HIV is God's Blessing - Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia (Paperback)
Jarrett Zigon
R862 R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Save R71 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This provocative study examines the role of today's Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world - 80 per cent from intravenous drug use - and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarrett Zigon takes the reader into a Church-run treatment center where, along with self-transformational and religious approaches, he explores broader anthropological questions - of morality, ethics, what constitutes a 'normal' life, and who defines it as such. Zigon argues that this rare Russian partnership between sacred and political power carries unintended consequences: even as the Church condemns the influence of globalization as the root of the problem it seeks to combat, its programs are cultivating citizen-subjects ready for self-governance and responsibility, and better attuned to a world the Church ultimately opposes.

Moscata Visits a Monastery (Hardcover): Chelsea Youell Moscata Visits a Monastery (Hardcover)
Chelsea Youell
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Join Moscata, a friendly and informative dog, who leads readers through an Orthodox women's monastery. Enjoy the beautiful illustrations as you explore the church the nuns are building, the candle factory, the cemetery, and the grounds. Find out how the nuns work and pray, what they wear, how they serve Christ, and why they have chosen the monastic life.

Die orthodoxen Kirchen im interreligioesen Dialog mit dem Islam (German, Paperback): Dietmar Schon Die orthodoxen Kirchen im interreligioesen Dialog mit dem Islam (German, Paperback)
Dietmar Schon
R1,067 R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Save R139 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Memory Eternal - Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries (Paperback): Sergei Kan Memory Eternal - Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries (Paperback)
Sergei Kan
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Memory Eternal, Sergei Kan combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years. As a native speaker of Russian with eighteen years of fieldwork experience among the Tlingit, Kan is uniquely qualified to relate little-known material from the archives of the Russian church in Alaska to Tlingit oral history and his own observations. By weighing the one body of evidence against the other, he has reevaluated this history, arriving at a persuasive new concept of "converged agendas"-the view that the Tlingit and the Russians tended to act in mutually beneficial ways but for entirely different reasons throughout the period of their contact with one another. The Russian-American Company began operations in southeastern Alaska in the 1790s. Against a description of Tlingit culture at the time of the Russians' arrival, Kan examines Russian Orthodox theology, ritual practice, and missionary methods, and the Tlingit response to them. An uneasy symbiosis characterized the early era of the Russian-American Company, when the trading relationship outweighed any spiritual or social rapprochement. A second, major focus of Kan's study is the Tlingit experience with American colonial domination. He attributes a sudden revival of Tlingit interest in Orthodoxy in the 1880s as their attempt to maintain independence in the face of concerted efforts by the newcomers (and especially Presbyterian missionaries) to Americanize them. Memory Eternal shows the colonial encounter to be both a power struggle and a dialogue between different systems of meaning. It portrays Native Alaskans not as helpless victims but as historical agents who attempted to adjust to the changing reality of their social world without abandoning fundamental principles of their precolonial sociocultural order or their strong sense of self-respect.

The Orthodox Church in the Arab World, 700-1700 - An Anthology of Sources (Paperback): Samuel Noble, Alexander Treiger The Orthodox Church in the Arab World, 700-1700 - An Anthology of Sources (Paperback)
Samuel Noble, Alexander Treiger
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Arabic was among the first languages in which the Gospel was preached. The Book of Acts mentions Arabs as being present at the first Pentecost in Jerusalem, where they heard the Christian message in their native tongue. Christian literature in Arabic is at least 1,300 years old, the oldest surviving texts dating from the 8th century. Pre-modern Arab Christian literature embraces such diverse genres as Arabic translations of the Bible and the Church Fathers, biblical commentaries, lives of the saints, theological and polemical treatises, devotional poetry, philosophy, medicine, and history. Yet in the Western historiography of Christianity, the Arab Christian Middle East is treated only peripherally, if at all. The first of its kind, this anthology makes accessible in English representative selections from major Arab Christian works written between the eighth and eigtheenth centuries. The translations are idiomatic while preserving the character of the original. The popular assumption is that in the wake of the Islamic conquests, Christianity abandoned the Middle East to flourish elsewhere, leaving its original heartland devoid of an indigenous Christian presence. Until now, several of these important texts have remained unpublished or unavailable in English. Translated by leading scholars, these texts represent the major genres of Orthodox literature in Arabic. Noble and Treiger provide an introduction that helps form a comprehensive history of Christians within the Muslim world. The collection marks an important contribution to the history of medieval Christianity and the history of the medieval Near East.

The Way of a Pilgrim - And The Pilgrim Continues His Way (Paperback): R.M. French The Way of a Pilgrim - And The Pilgrim Continues His Way (Paperback)
R.M. French; Translated by R.M. French
R369 R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In The Way of a Pilgrim, an unknown pilgrim describes his wanderings through mid-nineteenth century Russia and Siberia, from one holy place to another, in search of the way of prayer. R. M. French's superb translation conveys the charm of the original text, as well as brilliantly communicating the spiritual truths of the gospel. In the much-loved sequel, The Pilgrim Continues His Way, the narrator shares more of his story, as desire burns within him to discover deeper experiences of prayer, and to draw closer to the heart of God.

The Jesus Prayer - The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God (Paperback): Frederica Mathewes-Green The Jesus Prayer - The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God (Paperback)
Frederica Mathewes-Green
R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the earliest centuries of faith, Christians in the deserts of Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily repeated, in order to acquire the habit of "prayer without ceasing." The result was "The Jesus Prayer": "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me." This jewel of Eastern Christianity aims at enabling a person to be in God's presence, rather than to focus on feelings or thoughts about God. The first section of "The Jesus Prayer" offers a concise overview of the history, theology, and spirituality of Orthodoxy, so that the Prayer can be understood in its native context. Following, is a conversational question-and-answer format that takes the reader through practical steps for adopting this profound practice in everyday life.

His Kingdom Come - Orthodox Pastorship and Social Activism in Revolutionary Russia (Paperback): Jennifer Hedda His Kingdom Come - Orthodox Pastorship and Social Activism in Revolutionary Russia (Paperback)
Jennifer Hedda
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jennifer Hedda analyzes the ideas and activities of the parish clergy serving in St. Petersburg, the capital of imperial Russia, in order to discover how the Russian Orthodox Church responded theologically and pastorally to the profound social, economic, and cultural changes that transformed Russia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The challenges of modernity forced the Orthodox clergy, like other members of educated society, to re-examine their interpretation of the Church's earthly mission and their own role in fulfilling it. During the mid-19th century, Orthodox theologians began to argue that the church had a responsibility to society as well as to individuals, and to assert that its mission was to lead believers in building a society that manifested the gospel principles of love, mercy, charity, and justice. The idea of creating the kingdom of God on earth inspired many clergymen, who dramatically increased their social outreach work in the last two decades of the 19th century: preaching during church services, teaching outside their churches, organizing charities, establishing temperance societies, and engaging in a host of other activities that involved them in the daily lives of their parishioners. The clergy's work culminated in 1905, when a workers' organization established by an Orthodox priest became a mass political movement whose activities sparked a revolution. His Kingdom Come challenges many common assumptions about the Orthodox Church as a weak and passive institution that did not respond to the demands of the modern world--demonstrating that it played an active and creative role in late imperial society, albeit on its own terms rather than those of its secular critics. This book will be of particular interest to those who study the politics and society of Russia in the imperial period, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the modern era, the relationship of religious institutions to society and culture, and the history of religious-social thought in other post-Enlightenment societies.

Kalist Monahul - Ucenic Al Sfantului Nicolae Velimirovici (Romanian, Paperback): Milivoie Iovanovici Kalist Monahul - Ucenic Al Sfantului Nicolae Velimirovici (Romanian, Paperback)
Milivoie Iovanovici; Contributions by Publicatii Crestin Ortodoxe; Edited by Editura Predania
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unorthodox Beauty - Russian Modernism and Its New Religious Aesthetic (Paperback): Martha M F Kelly Unorthodox Beauty - Russian Modernism and Its New Religious Aesthetic (Paperback)
Martha M F Kelly
R1,382 R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Save R492 (36%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Unorthodox Beauty shows how Russian poets of the early twentieth century consciously adapted Russian Orthodox culture in order to create a distinctly religious modernism. Martha M. F. Kelly contends that, beyond mere themes, these writersdeveloped an entire poetics that drew on liturgical tradition. Specifically, Russian Orthodoxy held out the possibility of unifying spirit and matter, as well as a host of other dichotomies-subject and object, empirical and irrational, noumena and phenomena. The artist could produce a work of transformative and regenerative power. Using a range of crossdisciplinary tools, Kelly reads key works by Blok, Kuzmin, Akhmatova, and Pasternak in ways that illustrate how profoundly religious traditions and ideas shaped Russian modernist literature.

Meletij Smotryc'Kyj (Paper) (Paperback, Reissue): David A Frick Meletij Smotryc'Kyj (Paper) (Paperback, Reissue)
David A Frick
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Meletij Smotryc'kyj was one of the outstanding figures in the great flourishing of Orthodox spirituality that occurred in the late 16th and early 17th century in response to the challenge posed first by Polish heterodox religious movements, and later by the Polish Counter-Reformation. His biography reflects the tensions and contradictions that characterized his "nation"--the Ruthenians, the Orthodox Christians of the Polish--Lithuanian Commonwealth. Ruthenian patriots were torn between various allegiances to nation, church, and traditions. Thus, in Smotryckyj's life we witness one of the later acts in the drama of the European Age of Reform, all the more important because for the first time the Reformation and Counter-Reformation came into direct daily contact with the Byzantine world of Orthodox Slavdom.

Professor Frick's biography--the first major English--language work on Smotryc'kyj--examines the ways in which established cultures were altered by cross-cultural understandings and misunderstandings, resulting from the confrontation and mutual adaptation of two or more diverse cultures. This study, which has affinities with the "microhistorical approach," seeks to reconstruct details in the lives of individuals and pays special attention to the ways in which individual world views conflicted with each other and with various higher authorities. "Meletij Smotryc'kyj" will be of interest to scholars and students of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland-Lithuania, and those researching the history of the Uniate, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Churches in Eastern Europe.

East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church - From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence (Paperback): Henry... East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church - From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence (Paperback)
Henry Chadwick
R2,280 Discovery Miles 22 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The greatest Christian split of all has been that between east and west, between Roman Catholic and eastern Orthodox, a rift that is still apparent today. Henry Chadwick provides a compelling and balanced account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople. Drawing on his encyclopaedic command of the literature, he starts with the roots of the divergence in apostolic times and takes the story right up to the Council of Florence in the fifteenth century. Henry Chadwick's own years of experience as an ecumenist inform his discussion of Christians in relation to each other, to Jews, and to non-Christian Gentiles. He displays a distinctive concern for the factors - theological, personal, political, and cultural - that caused division in the church and prevented reconciliation. His masterly exposition of the complex issues discussed at the Ecumenical Councils (issues that eventually led to the separation) is characteristically clear and fair. This is a work of immense learning, written with sensitivity and spirit. Its fascinating detail and full analysis make it invaluable to anyone interested in how this lasting rift in the Church developed.

Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi - Volume 3- Studies in Intertestamental, Extra-Canonical, and Early... Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi - Volume 3- Studies in Intertestamental, Extra-Canonical, and Early Christian Literature- (Hardcover, New edition)
Tom Dykstra, Vahan Hovhanessian
R2,039 Discovery Miles 20 390 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the third of three volumes dedicated to Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi. Volume 3 of Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi is a collection of articles discussing the latest findings in a variety of theological subjects related to the Bible as received and interpreted in the Orthodox Church tradition. Scholars from around the world have contributed their recent findings in the field of their research and teaching in this volume.

Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): A. Edward Siecienski Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
A. Edward Siecienski
R307 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R24 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To many in the West, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery, an exotic and foreign religion that survived in the East following the Great Schism of 1054 that split the Christian world into two camps-Catholic and Orthodox. However, as the second largest Christian denomination, Orthodox Christianity is anything but foreign to the nearly 300 million worshippers who practice it. For them, Orthodoxy is a living, breathing reality; a way of being Christian ultimately rooted in the person of Jesus and the experience of the early Church. Whether they are Greek, Russian, or American, Orthodox Christians are united by a common tradition and faith that binds them together despite differences in culture. True, the road has not always been smooth-Orthodox history is littered with tales of schisms and divisions, of persecutions and martyrdom, from the Sack of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch, to the experience of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Soviet Union. Still, today Orthodoxy remains a vibrant part of the religious landscape, not only in those lands where it has made its historic home (Greece, Russia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe), but also increasingly in the West. Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction explores the enduring role of this religion, and the history, beliefs, and practices that have shaped it.

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches (Hardcover): Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches (Hardcover)
Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
R2,761 Discovery Miles 27 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about the missionaries' voyages in the Syrian Orient to illustrate their shared symbols and motifs. Revealing how these texts encapsulated the concerns of the communities that produced them, she draws attention to the role of hagiography as a malleable genre that was well-suited for the idealized presentation of the beginnings of Christian communities. Hagiographers, through their reworking of missionary themes, asserted autonomy, orthodoxy, and apostolicity for their individual civic and monastic communities, positioning themselves in relationship to the rulers of their empires and to competing forms of Christianity. Saint-Laurent argues that missionary hagiography is an important and neglected source for understanding the development of the East and West Syriac ecclesiastical bodies: the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East. Given that many of these Syriac-speaking churches remain today in the Middle East and India, with diaspora communities in Europe and North America, this work opens the door for further study of the role of saints and stories as symbolic links between ancient and modern traditions.

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