{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-eastern-christianity-isbn-9780631234234","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity","description":"THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO EASTERN CHRISTIANITY \u003cp\u003e“Consistently highly readable and engrossing. This is an excellent overview of Eastern Christianity.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExpository Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterful description of the major living traditions of Eastern Christianity. Its 24 chapters, each written by an accomplished scholar in the field, address the dominant ethnic and cultural categories of Eastern Christianity (Arab, Byzantine, etc.) along with their most characteristic features (liturgy, iconography, and hagiography). Each offers a concise, well-organized, and highly readable overview of the tradition in question, along with a representative bibliography … Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Christian emigration, not least from the Middle East, means that there are growing communities of Eastern Christians in the West … Eastern Christians are now companions to Western; and the latter will learn much about the former from this Blackwell companion.”\u003cbr\u003e C\u003ci\u003ehurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A distinctive addition to the companion series and to its chosen sphere of knowledge.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A worthwhile collection, and one that should prove useful.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent political events in the Middle East and Eastern Europe have brought Eastern Christianity to global attention. \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an unparalleled account of the history and development of these vital Christian traditions, at the same time placing contemporary events in their full context. The companion provides authoritative and lively essays on the main Eastern Orthodox traditions, such as the Greek, Russian, and Georgian churches, as well as the Oriental Orthodox traditions, including the Armenian, Coptic, and Syrian churches. The in-depth articles, which are written by an international team of experts, offer a comprehensive survey of the history, theology, doctrine, worship, art, culture, and politics that make up the churches of Eastern Christianity. The companion can also be used alongside the respected \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), providing detailed discussions and assessments to complement the dictionary’s shorter entries.  Notes on contributors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Ken Parry (Macquarie University, Australia).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Arab Christianity: David Thomas (University of Birmingham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Armenian Christianity: Vrej Nerses Nersessian (British Library, London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Bulgarian Christianity: Ivan Zhelev Dimitrov (University of Sofia, Bulgaria).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Byzantine Christianity: Hannah Hunt (Trinity and All Saints University College, Leeds).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Coptic Christianity: Janet A. Timbie (Catholic University of America, Washington, DC).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Ethiopian Christianity: David Appleyard (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Georgian Christianity: Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. (Georgia State University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Greek Christianity after 1453: Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Romanian Christianity: Mircea Pacurariu (Sibiu, Romania).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Russian Christianity: Basil Lourié (Rector of Parish of Holy Martyr Elizabeth, St Petersburg).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Serbian Christianity: Radmila Radić (Institute of Contemporary History of Serbia, Belgrade).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Syriac Christianity: Heleen Murre-van den Berg (Leiden University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Eastern Christianity in the United States: Thomas FitzGerald (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Eastern Christianity in China: Jeremias Norman (University of Washington, Seattle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Eastern Catholic Christianity: Peter Galadza (Saint Paul University, Ottawa).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Eastern Orthodox: Graham Woolfenden (St Sofia Orthodox Seminary, NJ).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Bryan D. Spinks (Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions: Eastern Orthodox: Alexander Grishin (Australian National University, Canberra).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Lucy-Anne Hunt (Manchester Metropolitan University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Eastern Orthodox: Dimitri Brady (City of Manchester).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Syriac Hagiography: Eva Synek (University of Vienna).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Coptic Hagiography: Youhanna Nessim Youssef (Australian Catholic University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Armenian Hagiography: Verj Nerses Nersessian (British Library, London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Sociology and Eastern Orthodoxy: Peter McMylor and Maria Vorozhishcheva (University of Manchester).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book is written in scholarly fashion but is consistently highly readable and engrossing. This is an excellent overview of Eastern Christianity.\" (\u003ci\u003eExpository Times\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"A masterful description of the major living traditions of Eastern Christianity. Its 24 chapters, each written by an accomplished scholar in the field, address the dominant ethnic and cultural categories of Eastern Christianity (Arab, Byzantine, etc.) along with their most characteristic features (liturgy, iconography, and hagiography). Each offers a concise, well-organized, and highly readable overview of the tradition in question, along with a representative bibliography ... Highly recommended. Academic libraries and theological collections; upper-level undergraduates through faculty\/researchers.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A distinctive addition to the companion series and to its chosen sphere of knowledge.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Christian emigration, not least from the Middle East, means that there are growing communities of Eastern Christians in the West … Eastern Christians are now companions to Western; and the latter will learn much about the former from this Blackwell Companion.” (\u003ci\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A worthwhile collection, and one that should prove useful.\" (\u003ci\u003eEccliastical History\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKen Parry\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999) and has contributed to numerous other books and journals on Byzantine Christianity and the Christian East.  Recent political events in the Middle East and eastern Europe have brought eastern Christianity to global attention. \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e provides an unparalleled account of the history and development of these vital Christian traditions, at the same time placing contemporary events in their full context. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides authoritative and lively essays on the main Eastern Orthodox traditions, such as the Greek, Russian, and Georgian churches, as well as the Oriental Orthodox traditions, including the Armenian, Coptic, and Syrian churches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe in-depth articles of the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e, which are written by an international team of experts, offer a comprehensive survey of the history, theology, doctrine, worship, art, culture, and politics that make up the churches of Eastern Christianity. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e can also be used alongside the respected \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999), providing detailed discussions and assessments to complement the Dictionary’s shorter entries.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e is quite unlike anything else available. It provides a scholarly and authoritative introduction to Eastern Christianity in its myriad variety, covering all the different geographical regions from the Balkans to China and reaching across to the States, and including all jurisdictions. It gives succinct accounts of their history and doctrine, with separate sections on liturgy, iconography and hagiography. Brilliant!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Andrew Louth, University of Durham\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This latest addition to the Blackwell Companion series constitutes the most comprehensive, authoritative and elegant account of the Eastern Churches ever published. Its twenty-four chapters, each the work of a specialist, combine full accounts of the history and life of each church with a series of outstanding surveys of their liturgical, iconographical and hagiographical traditions. The surveys of Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox liturgies are a formidable achievement and will be invaluable to students of liturgy Eastern and Western. This work is a definitive synthesis which will stimulate interest in the Eastern Churches at a time when many of them are under threat because of political upheavals. It will also provide a starting point for the further study of their fascinating traditions. Scholarship will long be in the debt of Ken Parry, the editor and organizing mind behind this wonderful collection.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–John Healey, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fitting companion volume to Parry’s \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, this large enterprise will become an indispensable reference work for the study of Eastern Christianities from Egypt to China to USA. Particularly welcome is its emphasis on varying liturgical, iconographical, architectural, and hagiographical traditions.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Pauline Allen, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990169108709,"sku":"NP9780631234234","price":167.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631234234.jpg?v=1761786768","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-eastern-christianity-isbn-9780631234234","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}