Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present - Softcover

Louth, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830851216 ISBN 13: 9780830851218

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2015

Synopsis

<p>Andrew Louth, one of the most respected authorities on Orthodoxy, introduces us to twenty key thinkers from the last two centuries. He begins with the <em>Philokalia</em>, the influential Orthodox collection published in 1782 which marked so manysubsequent writers. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from Communist Russia. Louth offers historical and biographical sketches that help us understand the thought and impact of these men and women. Only some of them belong to the ranks of professional theologians. Many were neither priests nor bishops, but influential laymen. The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the <em>Philokalia</em>.</p>

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About the Author

<p>Andrew Louth is professor emeritus of patristic and Byzantine studies at Durham University, England, and visiting professor of Eastern Orthodox theology at the Amsterdam Centre of Eastern Orthodox Theology (ACEOT), in the Faculty of Theology, theFree University, Amsterdam.</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830851216
• ISBN 13: 9780830851218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383