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Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah (Orthodox Forum)

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_The principal thrust of this book is to challenge the compartmentalization to which we seem all too easily resigned, to discover whether, and to what extent, the methods of modern scholarship can become part and parcel of the study of Torah, conceived as a religious-intellectual way of life. Not 'Modern Scholarship and the Study of [...]

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The Orthodox Church (Denominations in America)

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The first comprehensive introduction to the Orthodox Church in the United States from 1794 to the present, this text offers a succinct overview of the Church's distinctive history and its particular perspectives on the Christian faith. FitzGerald examines the relationship between the Orthodox Church and other Christian churches in the U.S., as well as the [...]

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The Revival of Political Hesychasm in Contemporary Orthodox

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The Revival of Political Hesychasm in Contemporary Orthodox Thought focuses on the retrieval of the spiritual theology of the Orthodox Church and how it is being used in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries to develop a political ideology that allows for the creation of a unique Eastern Orthodox identity, which is against western [...]

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The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics,

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The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered the most pressing political, legal, and ethical questions of our time. It discusses the enduring teachings of important Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading contemporary scholars analyze these thinkers' views [...]

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Popes and Patriarchs: An Orthodox Perspective on Roman Catholic

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For any dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches to be fruitful, we must first understand our differences. Popes and Patriarchs covers some of the distinctives in theology and worldview that separate the churches of the East from those of the West, focusing primarily on the claims of papal supremacy. Author Michael Whelton, a [...]

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Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives From Orthodox

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Within these pages a younger generation of Orthodox scholars in America takes up the perennial task of transmitting the meaning of Christianity to a particular time and culture. This collection of twelve essays, as the title Thinking Through Faith implies, is the result of six years of reflective conversation and collaboration regarding core beliefs of [...]

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Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad: A Great Council of The

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Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad:A Great Council of the Church ? When and WhyThe purpose of publishing the papers presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of Orthodox Christian Laity is to improve ?lay and clergy literacy? on the conference topic of ?The Need for a Great and Holy Council.? The papers are presented with the [...]

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Treatise on Prayer: An Explanation of the Services Conducted In

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Professor Simmons has rendered a valuable service to all those interested in prayer and the meaning of the various services of the Orthodox Church by translating into English Saint Symeon's Treatise on Prayer: An Explanation of the Services of the Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christians will be particularly interested in Saint Symeon's interpretation of the various [...]

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The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks To

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The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of Christians in the world. In this first-of-its-kind study Bible, the Bible is presented with commentary from [...]

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Faith: Understanding Orthodox Christianity (Faith Catechism)

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The best single-volume introduction to Orthodoxy in the English language. The Faith is a beautifully written book that truly answers the question, What is it than you Orthodox believe? Perfect for inquirers and study groups, high school age and up Tags: English language, orthodox christianity, study groups

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Giver of Life: The Holy Spirit in Orthodox Tradition

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Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive.    Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition and theology, Giver of Life articulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in the [...]

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Towards a Fuller Vision: My Life & the Ethiopian Orthodox

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Brahana Selassie is a priest in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and here gives an account of Ethiopia's national Church from its origins in biblical times to the present century. Drawing extensively on both biblical and academic sources, 'Towards a Fuller Vision' describes the controversies that have raged within the Church, and its constant struggle for [...]

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Euchology: A Manual of Prayers of the Holy Orthodox Church

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These intermittent and scattered labours are now collected, with additions, into one whole, and arranged in lucid order, with a few explanatory notes. Note 5 indicates the sources from which I have drawn in compiling the work, but it is fitting that I should especially mention how greatly I am indebted to Rajewsky's Euchologion for [...]

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Deification in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition: A Biblical

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A popularly-written study of the biblical roots of the Eastern Orthodox Church's mystical understanding of the knowledge of God. This unique study brings together the best of contemporary exegesis with the tradition of Eastern Christianity and illustrates the biblical roots of the Eastern Church's understanding of grace as the energy of God. The book presents, [...]

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Pictures of God: A Child’s Guide to Understanding Icons

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When the Son of God came down from heaven to become a man like us, He made it possible for us to see Him, touch Him, and make pictures of Him-pictures which we call icons. This little book brings God and His saints vividly into children's lives through icons, explaining in the simplest terms what [...]

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Personhood: Orthodox Christianity and the Connection Between

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Psychologists, theologians, medical doctors, and Christian clergy discuss the significance of spiritual direction and identify the problems that inhibit one's ability to reach spiritual goals in modern life. They show how the process of being "in Christ" in truth, life, and light results in personal freedom. The commitment to growth in these qualities provides the [...]

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