The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History (audio)

by John Anthony McGuckin

Publisher:

christianaudio.com

, 2020

Overview

An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age. In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question "What is the Church?" His answer is a clear, historically and theologically rooted portrait of what the Church is for Orthodox Christianity and how it differs from Western Christians’ expectations. McGuckin explores the lived faith of generations, including sketches of some of the most important theological themes and individual personalities of the ancient and modern Church. He interweaves a personal approach throughout, offering to listeners the experience of what it is like to enter an Orthodox church and witness its liturgy. In this astute and insightful book, he grapples with the reasons why many Western historians and societies have overlooked Orthodox Christianity and provides an important introduction to the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Christian World.

Product Details

• Title: The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History (audio)
• Author: John Anthony McGuckin
• Publisher: christianaudio.com
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Religion › Christian Church--History; Religion › General; Religion › Christianity--General; Religion › Christian Church--General; Eastern Orthodox Church; what is the church; orthodox Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781545915394, 1545915393
• Resource ID: LLS:9781545915394
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-24T23:01:46Z

About John Anthony McGuckin

John Anthony McGuckin is Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York. An Archpriest of the Romanian Orthodox Church (Archdiocese of the Americas), Professor McGuckin is the author of twenty five books on religious and historical themes, including The Orthodox Church (2008) and TheEncyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity (2-volume set, 2011), both published by Wiley Blackwell.