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Encountering the mystery : understanding Orthodox Christianity today / His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xlvi, 252 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780385518130
  • 0385518137
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 281.9 B286E 22
LOC classification:
  • BX320.3 .B365 2008
Contents:
Foreword / Kallistos Ware -- Biographical note / John Chryssavgis -- Historical perspectives : the Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate -- Song and space : art, architecture, and liturgy -- The gift of theology : basic principles and perspectives -- Vocation of love : monasticism as choice and calling -- Spirituality and sacraments : prayer and the spiritual life -- The wonder of creation : religion and ecology -- Faith and freedom : conscience and human rights -- Transforming the world : i. social justice ; ii. religion and society ; war and peace -- Epilogue: The hope that lies within
Summary: The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity chronicles the history, culture, traditions, and tenets of his faith, tracing the two-thousand-year evolution of the faith, the schisms that led to its split with Western Christianity, and its doctrine and liturgy
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 281.9 B286E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064028

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index

Foreword / Kallistos Ware -- Biographical note / John Chryssavgis -- Historical perspectives : the Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate -- Song and space : art, architecture, and liturgy -- The gift of theology : basic principles and perspectives -- Vocation of love : monasticism as choice and calling -- Spirituality and sacraments : prayer and the spiritual life -- The wonder of creation : religion and ecology -- Faith and freedom : conscience and human rights -- Transforming the world : i. social justice ; ii. religion and society ; war and peace -- Epilogue: The hope that lies within

The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity chronicles the history, culture, traditions, and tenets of his faith, tracing the two-thousand-year evolution of the faith, the schisms that led to its split with Western Christianity, and its doctrine and liturgy

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