Binding: Paperback
Description: To many in the West Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery an exotic and foreign religion that survived in the East following the Great Schism of 1054 that split the Christian world into two camps - - Catholic and Orthodox. However as the second largest Christian denomination Orthodox Christianity is anything but foreign to the nearly 300 million worshippers who practice it. For them Orthodoxy is a living breathing reality; a way of being Christian ultimately rooted in the person of Jesus and the experience of the early Church. Whether they are Greek Russian or American Orthodox Christians are united by a common tradition and faith that binds them together despite differences in culture. True the road has not always been smooth - - Orthodox history is littered with tales of schisms and divisions of persecutions and martyrdom from the Sack of Constantinople capital of the Byzantine Empire and seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the experience of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Soviet Union. Still today Orthodoxy remains a vibrant part of the religious landscape not only in those lands where it has made its historic home (Greece Russia the Middle East and Eastern Europe) but also increasingly in the West. Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction explores the enduring role of this religion and the history beliefs and practices that have shaped it.
Title: Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Siecienski A. Edward (Associate Profesor Of Religion And Pappas Professor Of Byzantine Culture And Religion Associate Profesor Of Religion And Pappas Professor Of Byzantine Culture And Religion Stockton College University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190883270
Pages: 144 Pages, 10 Halftones
Publication Date: 7/9/2019
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Orthodox & Oriental Churches