02886oam 22004335 450 991079390700332120231130175442.09780300252170(electronic book)0-300-25217-X(electronic book)9780300218763(hardback)10.12987/9780300252170(CKB)4100000010474924(DE-B1597)550816(DE-B1597)9780300252170(MiAaPQ)EBC6110507(OCoLC)1141503626(EXLCZ)99410000001047492420200526h20202020 fy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Eastern Orthodox Church a new history /John Anthony McGuckinNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2020].©2020.1 online resource (viii, 352 pages)0-300-21876-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.PRELUDE: The naming of parts -- 1. Ecclesial foundations: Proto- and post-apostolic times -- 2. Shaping orthodoxy, mapping heresy -- 3. The classical Patristic period -- 4. The Byzantine Imperial Church -- 5. The Church's expansion -- 6. Orthodox life under and after Islamic dominion -- 7. Orthodoxy under the communists -- 8. The twentieth-century Orthodox diaspora -- 9. Recent outstanding Orthodox figures -- 10. Day-to-day life in an Orthodox church -- POSTLUDE: What role for orthodoxy in a postmodern environment? -- APPENDIX: A brief commentary on the Nicene Creed (A.D. 325).An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question “What is the Church?” His answer is a clear, historically and theologically rooted portrait of what the Church is for Orthodox Christianity and how it differs from Western Christians’ expectations. McGuckin explores the lived faith of generations, including sketches of some of the most important theological themes and individual personalities of the ancient and modern Church. He interweaves a personal approach throughout, offering to readers the experience of what it is like to enter an Orthodox church and witness its liturgy. In this astute and insightful book, he grapples with the reasons why many Western historians and societies have overlooked Orthodox Christianity and provides an important introduction to the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Christian World.281.909McGuckin John Anthony886971DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910793907003321The Eastern Orthodox Church3835014UNINA