Parry The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-76639-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 526 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Religion

Now available in paperback, this Companion offers anunparalleled survey of the history, theology, doctrine, worship,art, culture and politics that make up the churches of EasternChristianity.
* Covers both Byzantine traditions (such as the Greek, Russianand Georgian churches) and Oriental traditions (such as theArmenian, Coptic and Syrian churches)
* Brings together an international team of experts to offer thefirst book of its kind on the subject of Eastern Christianity
* Contributes to our understanding of recent political events inthe Middle East and Eastern Europe by providing much neededbackground information
* May be used alongside The Blackwell Dictionary of EasternChristianity (1999) for a complete student resource

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parry, Ken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on contributors.
Preface: Ken Parry (Macquarie University, Australia).
1. Arab Christianity: David Thomas (University ofBirmingham).
2. Armenian Christianity: Vrej Nerses Nersessian (BritishLibrary, London).
3. Bulgarian Christianity: Ivan Zhelev Dimitrov (University ofSofia, Bulgaria).
4. Byzantine Christianity: Hannah Hunt (Trinity and All SaintsUniversity College, Leeds).
5. Coptic Christianity: Janet A. Timbie (Catholic University ofAmerica, Washington, DC).
6. Ethiopian Christianity: David Appleyard (School of Orientaland African Studies, University of London).
7. Georgian Christianity: Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. (Georgia StateUniversity).
8. Greek Christianity after 1453: Vrasidas Karalis (Universityof Sydney).
9. Romanian Christianity: Mircea Pacurariu (Sibiu, Romania).
10. Russian Christianity: Basil Lourié (Rector of Parish ofHoly Martyr Elizabeth, St Petersburg).
11. Serbian Christianity: Radmila Radic (Institute ofContemporary History of Serbia, Belgrade).
12. Syriac Christianity: Heleen Murre-van den Berg (LeidenUniversity).
13. Eastern Christianity in the United States: Thomas FitzGerald(Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA).
14. Eastern Christianity in China: Jeremias Norman (Universityof Washington, Seattle).
15. Eastern Catholic Christianity: Peter Galadza (Saint PaulUniversity, Ottawa).
16. Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Eastern Orthodox:Graham Woolfenden (St Sofia Orthodox Seminary, NJ).
17. Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox:Bryan D. Spinks (Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale DivinitySchool).
18. Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions:Eastern Orthodox: Alexander Grishin (Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra).
19. Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions:Oriental Orthodox: Lucy-Anne Hunt (Manchester MetropolitanUniversity).
20. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: EasternOrthodox: Dimitri Brady (City of Manchester).
21. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: OrientalOrthodox: Syriac Hagiography: Eva Synek (University of Vienna).
22. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: OrientalOrthodox: Coptic Hagiography: Youhanna Nessim Youssef (AustralianCatholic University).
23. Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: OrientalOrthodox: Armenian Hagiography: Verj Nerses Nersessian (BritishLibrary, London).
24. Sociology and Eastern Orthodoxy: Peter McMylor and MariaVorozhishcheva (University of Manchester).
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ken Parry is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the editor-in-chief of The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity (Blackwell, 1999) and has contributed to numerous other books and journals on Byzantine Christianity and the Christian East.