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The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set

Hardcover

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1405185392
ISBN13: 9781405185394
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: Jan 7 2011
Pages: 872
Weight: 4.58
Height: 3.10 Width: 11.00 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: PROSE
With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by a team of leading religious experts, the two-volume Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy offers the most comprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world of Eastern Orthodox Christianity available in English today.
  • An outstanding reference work providing the first English language multi-volume account of the key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including the Non-Chalcedonian churches
  • Explores of the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy in detail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches
  • Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leading scholars in the field and provides authoritative but accessible articles by a range of top international academics and Orthodox figures
  • Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the present, encompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgy, monasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culture, architecture, archaeology, martyrology, hagiography, all alongside a large and generously detailed prosopography
  • Structured alphabetically and topically cross-indexed, with entries ranging from 100 to 6,000 words

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