An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox ChurchesThis 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 disc ussed 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. |
Contents
Introduction identifying Orthodoxy | 1 |
Description a map of Orthodoxy | 9 |
Liturgy where heaven and earth meet | 39 |
Doctrine believing in the Orthodox Churches | 61 |
Icons revelation in image | 97 |
Monasticism shaping of saints | 107 |
Popular piety people places pilgrimage | 135 |
Mission incarnation as proclamation | 143 |
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| Title | An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches, John Binns Introduction to Religion |
| Author | John Binns |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0521667380, 9780521667388 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General Religion / History |
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