Eastern Christian Supply—The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way Reviewed: A Traditionalist Critique of Two Popular Introductions to Eastern Orthodox Christianity

The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way Reviewed: A Traditionalist Critique of Two Popular Introductions to Eastern Orthodox Christianity

by Hieromonk Patapios

“For over three decades now, The Orthodox Church, by my countryman, Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University and former Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, has served as a helpful introduction to the history, beliefs, and practices of Orthodox Christianity. Indeed, as a blurb on the back jacket of the new edition of his book notes, it ‘has become established throughout the English–speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church’: a handy, one–volume compendium of Orthodox Church history and theology that one might confidently give to non–Orthodox or prospective converts interested in learning more about Orthodoxy. As ‘the standard introduction’ to Orthodoxy, it is to be found in almost any academic or public library, and certainly in any decent bookstore. But does this book deserve such a reputation?”
—“The Orthodox Church Reviewed: Introductory Remarks”

CONTENTS

The Orthodox Church Reviewed
The Orthodox Way Reviewed
Index of Names

Item Number: BKM562
Publication data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2000
Format: softcover
Number of pages: viii + 103
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.6 cm
ISBN: 0‒911165‒44‒4

$8.95 (USD)