“For some time now, I have felt the need for a volume of essays that touch on Eastern Orthodoxy from the standpoint of Her Own self–conception; indeed, from the ‘traditionalist’ standpoint, in the spirit of the ‘Patristic Revival.’ Both in lecturing and teaching at a seminary and in a college, I and other colleagues have found it possible to bring the Orthodox witness to non–Orthodox students by way of the various introductory surveys available and in a general, referential context. Our students have come to know, for example, how Orthodox view faith and good works in reference to the views of various Protestant and Roman Catholic writers on the subject. They come to understand the seven sacraments as the Orthodox see them, and come to an all–too–limited apprehension of how the Orthodox position contrasts with the positions of the Western confessions. One suspects that many Orthodox, attempting to understand and capture their own beliefs, know little more of their Faith that these students.” —“ INTRODUCTION”
CONTENTS
Introduction Chapter 1 Heaven Meets Earth: Eastern Orthodox Church Art and Architecture Chapter 2 The Notion of Rhetoric in the Eastern Orthodox Patristic Tradition Chapter 3 Demonology in the Orthodox Church: A Psychological Perspective Chapter 4 Women in the Orthodox Church: Brief Comments from a Spiritual Perspective Chapter 5 The Old Calendarists: A Social Psychological Profile of a Greek Orthodox Minority Chapter 6 The “New Age” Movement and the Orthodox Believer Chapter 7 A Flower on an Icon: Protopresbyter Georges Vasilievich Florovsky, In Memoriam (1893–1979) Chapter 8 The Witness of Saint Mark of Ephesus in Contemporary Orthodoxy
Item Number: BKM542 Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 1998 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.7 cm ISBN: 0‒911165‒36‒3