LEADER 02882oam 22004335 450 001 9910826968103321 005 20231130175442.0 010 $a9780300252170$b(electronic book) 010 $a0-300-25217-X$b(electronic book) 010 $a9780300218763$b(hardback) 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300252170 035 $a(CKB)4100000010474924 035 $a(DE-B1597)550816 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300252170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6110507 035 $a(OCoLC)1141503626 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010474924 100 $a20200526h20202020 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Eastern Orthodox Church $ea new history /$fJohn Anthony McGuckin 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2020]. 210 4$dİ2020. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 352 pages) 311 0 $a0-300-21876-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPRELUDE: 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). 330 $aAn 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. 676 $a281.909 700 $aMcGuckin$b John Anthony$0886971 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826968103321 996 $aThe Eastern Orthodox Church$94027862 997 $aUNINA