Encounters With Orthodoxy

Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664235905
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounters with Orthodoxy written by John P. Burgess and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When author and theologian John P. Burgess first travelled to Russia, he was hoping to expand his theological horizons and explore the rebirth of the Orthodox Church since the fall of Communism. But what he found changed some fundamental assumptions about his own tradition of North American Protestantism. In this book, Burgess looks to Orthodoxy to help the North American Protestant church„which has seen membership decline to below 50% of the population for the first time„find new ways to worship, teach, and spread its message. He considers Orthodox rituals, icons, the attention to saints and miracles, monastic life, and Eucharistic theology and practice. He then explores whether and how Protestants can use these elements of Orthodoxy to help revitalize the mainline church. Burgess helpfully demonstrates the ways in which Orthodoxy calls us back to what is most important in Christian faith and life.

Author : Dr Adrian Pabst
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409478149
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy written by Dr Adrian Pabst and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common point of reference in this encounter. Both Radical and Eastern Orthodoxy agree that the transfiguration of the world through the Word is at the very centre of the Christian faith. The book explores how this process of transformation can be envisaged with regard to epistemological, ontological, aesthetical, ecclesiological and political questions. Contributors to this volume include Rowan Williams, John Milbank, Antoine Arjakovsky, Michael Northcott, Nicholas Loudovikos, Andrew Louth and Catherine Pickstock.

Author : Bartholomew I (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople)
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0385518137
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encountering the Mystery written by Bartholomew I (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople) and published by Image. This book was released on 2008 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity chronicles the history, culture, traditions, and tenets of his faith in a volume that traces the two-thousand-year evolution of the faith, the schisms that led to its split with Western Christianity, its doctrine and liturgy, its ties to the traditions of the early Christian church, and its enduring teachings and theology. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Andrew Stephen Damick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936270996
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to God written by Andrew Stephen Damick and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking to non-believers and believers alike, Fr. Andrew Damick attempts to create a sacred space in which we can encounter God. In this compact volume, he distills the essence of the traditional Christian faith, addressing the fundamental mysteries of where God is, who God is, why we go to church, and why Christian morality matters. If you've only heard about the Protestant or Roman Catholic version of Christianity, what he has to say may surprise you-and make you long to encounter God in Jesus Christ.From the Foreword by Jonathan Jackson Fr. Andrew Damick has written a beautiful, humble, and profound book on the mystery of God's love for mankind. It is beautiful because the author is introducing the reader to the Beautiful One. It is humble because Fr. Andrew has no interest in conveying his own ideas or philosophies-only the True Faith as passed down from Christ and His Apostles from generation to generation. It is profound because it is a clear and prayerful exposition of pristine Christianity.

Author : Daniel B. Clendenin
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801026512
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eastern Orthodox Theology written by Daniel B. Clendenin and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy and key aspects of the tradition. Now contains new articles and additional readings on Orthodoxy and evangelicalism.

Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1611643198
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounters with Orthodoxy written by John P. Burgess and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When author and theologian John P. Burgess first travelled to Russia, he was hoping to expand his theological horizons and explore the rebirth of the Orthodox Church since the fall of Communism. But what he found changed some fundamental assumptions about his own tradition of North American Protestantism. In this book, Burgess asks how an encounter with Orthodoxy can help Protestants better see both strengths and weaknesses of their own tradition. In a time in which North American Protestantism is in declinemembership has now fallen to below 50% of the populationRussian Orthodoxy can help Protestants rethink the ways in which they worship, teach, and spread the gospel. Burgess considers Orthodox rituals, icons, saints and miracles, monastic life, and Eucharistic theology and practice. He then explores whether and how Protestants can use elements of Orthodoxy to reform church life.

Author : Michael Shanbour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944967017
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Know the Faith written by Michael Shanbour and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the centuries since the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches, the two groups have diverged to the point that they often no longer understand each other's vocabulary, let alone the fundamental concepts on which each faith is built. Know the Faith is an attempt to present Orthodox Christianity in a way Western Christians can understand, grounding each point in Scripture and patristic theology, with comparisons to what Catholics and Protestants believe.Whether you are an Orthodox Christian seeking to explain your faith to others or an inquirer into this ancient faith, Know the Faith will help you understand and communicate the Orthodox faith as never before.

Author : Peter Feldmeier
Publisher : Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781599820316
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounters in Faith written by Peter Feldmeier and published by Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Christianity as a counterpoint, Feldmeier explores the spirituality and theology of Christianity, mysticism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, the Chinese spirit, indigenous traditions, and the New Age movement. The text provides a model for how religious traditions are more powerfully experienced and learned in interrelationship than in isolation. In the process, Feldmeier provides opportunities and inspiration for investigating and reflecting on one's own religious beliefs.--From publisher's description.

Author : Andrei A. Znamenski
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0313309604
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shamanism and Christianity written by Andrei A. Znamenski and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interaction of 19th-century Russian missionaries with three indigenous groups, the Chukchi and Altaians in Siberia and the Dena'ina Indians in Alaska, resulted in widely different outcomes. The Chukchi disregarded the missionary message, the Dena'ina embraced Christianity, and the Altaians responded by selectively borrowing from Orthodox religion. Znamenski—in the first work of its kind in English—argues that the relationships between indigenous shamanism and Orthodox missionaries in Siberia and Alaska were essentially a dialogue about spiritual, political, and ideological power, and challenges both the widespread conviction that Christian missionaries always acted as agents of colonial oppression among tribal peoples and the notion that native peoples maintained their pristine traditional cultures despite years of interaction with Western society. Znamenski asserts that Russian missionary policy toward indigenous peoples was, at best, ambivalent and cannot be described as either Russification or a broad tolerance of native cultures. After two broad introductory chapters, he deals with each indigenous people in a separate section, illustrating the ways in which native Siberians and Alaskans acted as active players, welcoming, adopting, rejecting, or reinterpreting elements of Christianity depending upon surrounding circumstances and individual cultural stances.

Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300222246
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Rus' written by John P. Burgess and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia's largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus' that historical yet mythical homeland of the eastern Slavic peoples; a foretaste of the perfect justice, peace, harmony, and beauty for which religious believers long; and the glimpse of heaven on earth that persuaded Prince Vladimir to accept Orthodox baptism in Crimea in A.D. 988. Through groundbreaking initiatives in religious education, social ministry, historical commemoration, and parish life, the Orthodox Church is seeking to shape a new, post-communist national identity for Russia. In this eye-opening and evocative book, John Burgess examines Russian Orthodoxy's resurgence from a grassroots level, providing Western readers with an enlightening, inside look at the new Russia.