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The ways of Orthodox theology in the West / Ivana Noble...[et. al.] ; with a foreword byJohn Behr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Czech Publication details: Yonkers, New York : St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2014Description: 384 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0881415057
  • 9780881415056
Uniform titles: Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX320.3 .C4713 2015
Contents:
Religious, cultural, and political development of Orthodox lands after the fall of the Byzantine empire -- Russian Orthodoxy and its encounter with modern times -- The Orthodox mission in America and western Europe prior to 1920 -- The confrontation of the Russian Orthodox Church with the revolution and the new regime -- The ways from diaspora to local churches -- The experience and theology of the Russian ©♭migr©♭s -- "Going to the very end": the witness of the martyrs.
Summary: The story of Orthodox Christianity s relationship with the West plays a pivotal role in the construction of Orthodox identity. That story took a decisive turn in the twentieth centurySuddenly, Orthodox thinkers, particularly those from the former Russian Empire, found themselves living in foreign lands and looking at Orthodoxy through the other end of the looking glass the West. It was from there that Orthodox theologians were faced with the greatest challenge to their collective religious identity: What did it mean to be Eastern Orthodox outside of the East?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-372) and indexes.

Religious, cultural, and political development of Orthodox lands after the fall of the Byzantine empire -- Russian Orthodoxy and its encounter with modern times -- The Orthodox mission in America and western Europe prior to 1920 -- The confrontation of the Russian Orthodox Church with the revolution and the new regime -- The ways from diaspora to local churches -- The experience and theology of the Russian ©♭migr©♭s -- "Going to the very end": the witness of the martyrs.

The story of Orthodox Christianity s relationship with the West plays a pivotal role in the construction of Orthodox identity. That story took a decisive turn in the twentieth centurySuddenly, Orthodox thinkers, particularly those from the former Russian Empire, found themselves living in foreign lands and looking at Orthodoxy through the other end of the looking glass the West. It was from there that Orthodox theologians were faced with the greatest challenge to their collective religious identity: What did it mean to be Eastern Orthodox outside of the East?

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