The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set by McGuckin, John Anthony

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405185394)

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The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set by McGuckin, John Anthony

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set

$472.25
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set by McGuckin, John Anthony

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set

$472.25
Format: Hardcover
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With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by a team of leading religious experts, the two-volume Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy offers the most comprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world of Eastern Orthodox Christianity available in English today.
  • An outstanding reference work providing the first English language multi-volume account of the key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including the Non-Chalcedonian churches
  • Explores of the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy in detail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches
  • Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leading scholars in the field and provides authoritative but accessible articles by a range of top international academics and Orthodox figures
  • Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the present, encompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgy, monasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culture, architecture, archaeology, martyrology, hagiography, all alongside a large and generously detailed prosopography
  • Structured alphabetically and topically cross-indexed, with entries ranging from 100 to 6,000 words


Author: John Anthony McGuckin
ISBN-10: 1405185392
ISBN-13: 9781405185394
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2011
Pages: 872
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.58lbs
Size: 8.30h x 11.00w x 3.10d
Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2011
Booklist 07/01/2011 pg. 68
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 22
By John Anthony McGuckin
By John Anthony McGuckin
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John Anthony McGuckin is Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York. A Stavrofor priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in America, Professor McGuckin is the author of more than twenty books on religious and historical themes, including The Orthodox Church (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), and is widely considered one of the leading experts on Early Christian and Eastern Orthodox traditions writing today.

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