The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity

Ken Parry (Edited by), K Parry (Author), David J. Melling (Edited by), Dimitri Brady (Edited by), Sidney H. Griffith (Edited by), John F. Healey (Edited by)

9780631232032, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 21 September 2001

604 pages
24.7 x 17.2 x 3.4 cm, 1.052 kg

"It includes almost 700 entries in a manageable volume that provides both a handy basis for study and a readable source for browsing ... Its major success results from the way in which it combines together information about all the churches of the Eastern traditions, and so allows their similarities and differences of thought, practice and history to be discerned ... This is a work that will be of use and interest to both specialist researchers and student readers, and it should be welcomed onto the shelves of both scholars and librarians." Islam and Christian Muslim Relations

"All libraries should have this handy volume." International Review of Biblical Studies

Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civilization with its cultural and religious riches. The articles are written by a team of 50 international contributors, including leading historians, theologians, linguists, philosophers, patrologists, musicians, and scholars of liturgy and iconography.

List of Contributors.

Foreword by Rt Revd Kallistos Ware.

Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]