{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-conciliarity-in-modern-orthodox-christianity-hardback-9781394195848","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Conciliarity in Modern Orthodox Christianity (Hardback) 9781394195848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Conciliarity in Modern Orthodox Christianity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIrina Paert (Edited by), Andrey Shishkov (Edited by), Alison R. Kolosova (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394195848, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e672 pages\u003cbr\u003e26.1 x 18.5 x 4.3 cm, 1.389 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers a groundbreaking analysis of the transformation of conciliarity in modern Orthodox Christianity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConciliarity has long been a defining feature of Orthodox Christian identity, shaping governance, theology, and communal life. \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Conciliarity in Modern Orthodox Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive examination of how this foundational principle has evolved from the nineteenth century onward. Bridging theological inquiry with historical and sociopolitical analysis, this volume brings together leading scholars to explore the paradigm shift in Orthodox ecclesiology, moving from a hierarchical model centered on the bishop to a more dynamic, participatory understanding of conciliarity as embracing both leadership and laity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilling a critical gap in English-language scholarship on modern Orthodox ecclesiology and conciliar thought, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides crucial insights into key historical moments, including the 1917-18 Moscow Council and the 2016 Council of Crete, while also addressing ongoing challenges such as inter-Orthodox conflicts, the role of the laity, and ecumenical relations. The contributing authors use historical analysis and contemporary case studies to highlight diverse expressions of conciliar and synodal practice across global Orthodox communities, from traditional heartlands in the Middle East, Russia, Greece and Romania to diaspora and missionary contexts in Africa, the Americas and Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential reference for understanding the past, present, and future of conciliarity in the Orthodox Church, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Conciliarity in Modern Orthodox Christianity:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores previously under-researched aspects of Orthodox ecclesiology, connecting historical, theological, and sociopolitical perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a broad geographical range, including Eastern and Oriental Orthodox traditions across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses key contemporary issues such as inter-Orthodox relations, lay participation, and the role of women in the Church\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes interdisciplinary approaches, incorporating elements of political theology, church governance, and environmental and ecumenical studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Conciliarity in Modern Orthodox Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for graduate students and scholars in theology, ecclesiology, church history, and ecumenism. It is also a valuable reference for clergy, church leaders, and members of ecumenical organizations such as the World Council of Churches seeking insights into the evolving role of conciliarity in modern Orthodox Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The Orthodox Conciliar Tradition 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Conciliar Tradition in the Early Church and Byzantine Empire 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichel Stavrou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Conciliarity in Monasticism as Mutual Obedience 28\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Briskina- Müller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Conciliarity and Orthodox Choral Traditions 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvan Moody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrecursors of the Conciliar Renaissance 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “For It is a Sobor.” The 1721 Reform of Peter the Great 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlga Tsapina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Orthodox Churches and Conciliarity in the Habsburg Empire 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Heith- Stade and Thomas Mark Németh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Conciliarity and the Orthodox Churches in the Ottoman Empire and Balkan National States in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries 82\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Brusanowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Break- up of Empires: Orthodox Nationalism, Autocephaly, and Conciliarity 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIonuț Biliuță\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Orthodoxy and Conciliarity in the Russian Empire, 1825– 1916 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexey Beglov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century Conciliar Renaissance 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The 1902 and 1904 Encyclicals of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Pan- Orthodox Conciliar Process: Overcoming National and Political Divisions, and Promoting Orthodox Unity 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatallia Vasilevich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Council of the Orthodox Church in Russia, 1917– 1918 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAleksandr Kravetskii and Scott M. Kenworthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Gendering Conciliarity: Uncomfortable Historical Experience and Modern Gender Battles 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNadezhda Beliakova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Reviving Orthodox Conciliarity through the Holy and Great Council of Crete 2016 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaxim Vasiljević\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Orthodox Diaspora, the Holy and Great Council of Crete, and the Search for Church Unity 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDimitrios Keramidas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. The Theological Vision 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Aleksei Khomyakov, the Slavophiles, and the Origins of Sobornost 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBasil Lourié\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Sobornost in the Discourse of the Russian Church in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Valliere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Fr. Sergiy Bulgakov’s Re- dimensioning of Conciliarity\/Sobornost 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel Sumares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Nicholas Afanasiev: Conciliarity and the Eucharistic Assembly 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnastacia Wooden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Question of Conciliarity in the Ecclesiology of John Zizioulas 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemetrios Bathrellos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Sabornost in Twentieth- Century Serbian Theology 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVladimir Cvetković\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Open Sobornicity in Dumitru Stăniloae 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eViorel Coman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Sobornost: Orthodox Perspectives in the British Isles 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Louth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Catholicity in Modern Orthodox Ecclesiology 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Ladouceur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Egalitarian and Totalitarian Lines Within the Structure of Sobornost: From Khomyakov’s Anti- Hierarchicalism to Karsavin’s Hierarchical Soborny Personalities 318\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDmitry Biriukov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Sobornost: Political and Eschatological Dimensions 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavor Džalto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContextual Approaches 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Three Orthodox Women theologians and their Approaches to Conciliarity 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrina Paert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Sobornost and Ecology 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Theokritoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Synodality and Mission in Late Modernity 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAthanasios N. Papathanasios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Conciliarity and Paradigm Change in Orthodox Ecclesiology 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrey Shishkov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Local Conciliarities 397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Conciliarity and Russian Orthodox Mission in the Late Imperial and Revolutionary Periods 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Ruth Kolosova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Eastern Orthodox Conciliarity in North America: Archbishop Tikhon Bellavin and the First North American Council of 1907 413\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAram G. Sarkisian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Conciliarity and Western European Orthodoxy in the Twentieth Century 425\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSebastian Rimestad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Sobornicity, Synodality, and Conciliarity in the Romanian Orthodox Church 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCristian Sonea and Răzvan Perșa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Conciliarity in Ukrainian Orthodoxy 449\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Denysenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Orthodoxy and Synodality in Africa: The Chalcedonian Orthodox 462\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvi Voulgaraki- Pissina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Synodality and Conciliarity in the Life of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Indian Orthodox Church) 479\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJossi Jacob Ponodath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Inter- Council Assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church: An Advisory Board Under Patriarch Kirill 490\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrei V. Psarev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConciliarity from Below 499\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Conciliarity from Below in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt and the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥǝdo Church in the Nineteenth– Twenty- First Centuries 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The Russian Student Christian Movement as an Expression of Sobornost in the 1920s– 1930s 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUlyana Gutner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The Russian Student Christian Movement and its Conciliar Practices After World War Two 523\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCyrille Sollogoub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Conciliarity and the Orthodox Youth Movement in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch 531\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElias El Halabi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Digital Opportunities and Challenges to Conciliarity in the Orthodox Church 545\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacob Lassin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEcumenical Engagement 557\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 The Moscow Council of 1917– 1918, the Second Vatican Council, and Ongoing Reflection on Synodality in the Roman Catholic Church 559\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter De Mey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Conciliarity in the Anglican Tradition 574\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Avis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Conciliarity in Eastern Orthodox– Catholic and Oriental Orthodox– Catholic Dialogue 586\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohannes Oeldemann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Dialogue Between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Churches 603\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Chaillot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 615\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501136474392,"sku":"9781394195848","price":132.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394195848.jpg?v=1786211876","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-conciliarity-in-modern-orthodox-christianity-hardback-9781394195848","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}