The A to Z of the Orthodox Church (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810876026)

Of the three major branches of Christianity, Orthodoxy is the least known and most misunderstood. The A to Z of the Orthodox Church provides students, researchers, and specialists with a desk encyclopedia of the theology and theologians, saints, sinners, places and events of the Eastern Church. Two millennia of the religion are surveyed in over five hundred concise entries, concentrating primarily on the last 150 years. Includes an overview of the early Church through the Byzantine and Russian Empires, into the present multinational Orthodox presence in the ecumenical movement. Many of the general entries cannot be found elsewhere in English, and the comprehensive compilation of biographies of 19th- and 20th-century Orthodox theologians (American, Russian, Greek, and many other nationalities) is published here for the first time. This book includes a detailed 4,000-year chronology, illustrations, extensive bibliography, and an appendix listing the current canonical patriarchs and autocephalous churches.

Author: Michael Prokurat, Michael D. Peterson, Alexander Golitzin
ISBN-10: 0810876027
ISBN-13: 9780810876026
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2010
Pages: 462
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.55w x 1.07d