.... burial cremation eastern Orthodoxy hylomorphism theophany It is safe to say that cremation has become a common practice among Christians in the West. In the minds of many, such a practice is harmless, even inconsequential or irrelevant, to their Christian faith. ¹ In fact, it may even...

..., and Islamic belief in divine revelation. I instead see continuity. In my view, the ancient philosophers are rightly seen from a Christian standpoint as forerunners of the Gospel. I would, in turn, draw a sharper line than does Engelhardt between Eastern Orthodoxy, on the one hand, and its alleged parallels...

... law tradition in general to combat the secularization of human sexuality. Key words: communion, contraception, Eastern Orthodoxy, homosexuality, unitive drive. I. THE ARGUMENTS OF JOHN BEAUMONT John Beaumont’s provocative article “ Why Pseudosex leads to Homosex” (Beaumont...

... seeks to establish between natural family planning and the use of contraceptives collapses, as does the usefulness of natural law tradition in general to combat the secularization of human sexuality. Key words: communion, contraception, Eastern Orthodoxy, homosexuality, unitive drive...

..., translations of Greek hymns, and novels set in the Christian East. The work is based on a wide variety of manuscript and published sources for the subject, and demonstrates how this leading light in the Anglo–Catholic revival acted as an exemplary interpreter of Byzantium and Eastern Orthodoxy to the Victorian...

...-society-building in Russia and the experience of minority Orthodox communities in the USA. For all religious institutions, the pluralism associated with democratic political orders creates real problems. It is suggested that Eastern Orthodoxy has struggled with the democratic experiment in countries where...

... are also drawn between the various major religions. Nations with a substantial number of people who adhere to Islam, Eastern Orthodoxy, and a variety of Protestant faiths tend to have residents with more conservative views than those living in majority Catholic and mainline Protestant nations. The chapter...

...The concluding chapter summarizes the book’s major contributions, addresses some important remaining issues, and anticipates how legislation is likely to proceed in the future. The chapter touches on three major religions (Eastern Orthodoxy, Hinduism, and Judaism), which do not receive much...

... flagellation Szymon of Lipnica Saint tithe anti Judaism Gothic architecture Jews Mary Saint Blessed Virgin Saint Anne’s Church Vilnius Saint Mary’s Church Gdańsk Saint Mary’s Church Kraków Kiev conciliarism Council of Konstanz Eastern Orthodoxy Saint Jadwiga Jagiellonian Kazimierz III Wielki...

..., and Eastern Orthodoxy. However, the essence of their search lies in their conviction that the new ‘religion of humanity’ must not be tied to any existing orthodoxy. In the examples studied here it is obvious that the Catholicism of France and Italy provided one of the main seed-beds. Catholicism...

... Church Mission Society theatre religion Greek Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy Judaism Shi'ism Armenians conversion toleration While travelling or trading in Islamic lands, early modern Britons met people from different ethnicities, religions, and races; some they admired, some they served, and some...

... the Hagiorite Patristics Virgin Mary Gabriel manger virgin birth Onufri animals devil Iconoclasm Joseph husband of Mary Resurrection Ambeli Evia Euboea Greece candles commercialism Greece Serbia Basil St fireplaces gender Greek Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodoxy liturgy hymnography...

... humility dogmatism Eastern Orthodoxy A striking paradox stands at the heart of Christian theology and spirituality. On the one hand, one of the greatest virtues in the Christian spiritual life is taken to be humility, a deeply held awareness of our limitations and sinfulness that propels us to seek...

... Society conspiracy Regency of Othon Russian party secret societies Swiss Sonderbund War 1847 Imperial Russia Russian foreign policy Modern Greece Greek War of Independence Russian–Greek relations the Ottoman Empire Balkan nationalism Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Question This book explores...

... Arthémond Jean François de Vlassopoulos A N Vlassopoulos Ioannis N Voulgaris Nikolaos T Gavriil archbishop of Kherson and Tavrov Winter Palace Eastern Orthodoxy Church of Greece Russian foreign policy Ecumenical Patriarchate Russian–Greek relations Konstantinos Oikonomos biblical translation...

...This book has treated Neale’s career as it relates to his activities as an interpreter of Byzantium and Eastern Orthodoxy to the Victorian England of his day. He found in Orthodoxy a powerful weapon against Rome and for the High Church tradition in the Church of England. He significantly...

.... In Eastern Orthodoxy, this prayer is often combined with that of Thecla for Falconilla as two examples of God's mercy even upon dead pagans. In the west, because of Augustine's influence, the story is retold to include the resurrection of the body of Trajan, since without physical baptism, no one who lived...

... contraction of imitatio Christi imitatio Dei incarnation and incarnationalism Leibowitz Yeshayahu Levene Nancy Levi Isaac of Berdichev Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk Buber Martin Christians and Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy embodiment ethics Christian indwelling of God Jesus the zaddik...

... identity of entire peoples living along the Middle Volga. In their collective petitions, the “apostates” often claimed that they had never in fact been Christian at all, and that they were practicing Muslims. In other words, their “apostasy” from Eastern Orthodoxy was simply an effort to force the Russian...