The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity

by John Anthony McGuckin

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

, 2010

Overview

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

Key Features

• Features over 500 entries by nearly 200 global scholars.
• Ensures that Orthodoxy is not treated as an “archaeological relic” but as a living, breathing reality.
• Represents a high-level research tool for academics and clergy.

Product Details

• Title: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, 2 Volume Set
• Author: John Anthony McGuckin
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 872
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781405185394, 9781444392531, 1405185392, 1444392530
• Resource ID: LLS:NCYSTRNRT2VLMST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-01-28T06:19:55Z

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.