Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity Two Volume Set de JA McGuckin

Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity Two Volume Set

JA McGuckin

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PROSE (2011)

With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by ateam of leading religious experts, the two-volumeEncyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy offers the mostcomprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world ofEastern Orthodox Christianity available in English today.

An outstanding reference work providing the first Englishlanguage multi-volume account of the key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including theNon-Chalcedonian churches
Explores of the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy indetail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches
Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leadingscholars in the field and provides authoritative but accessiblearticles by a range of top international academics and Orthodoxfigures
Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the present, encompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgy, monasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culture, architecture, archaeology, martyrology, hagiography, all alongsidea large and generously detailed prosopography
Structured alphabetically and topically cross-indexed, withentries ranging from 100 to 6,000 words

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John Anthony McGuckin is Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York. A Stavrofor priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in America, Professor McGuckin is the author of more than twenty books on religious and historical themes, including The Orthodox Church (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), and is widely considered one of the leading experts on Early Christian and Eastern Orthodox traditions writing today.