Basé sur la célèbre encyclopédie en deux volumes du christianisme orthodoxe oriental (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), et maintenant disponible pour les étudiants, les professeurs et le clergé dans un format concis à volume unique
- Un ouvrage de référence exceptionnel fournissant un compte rendu accessible en anglais des principales caractéristiques historiques, liturgiques et doctrinales de l'orthodoxie orientale, y compris les églises non calcédoniennes
- Explore les principales traditions de l'orthodoxie orientale en détail, y compris les églises arméniennes, byzantines, coptes, éthiopiennes, slaves, roumaines, syriaques
- Uniquement complet, il est édité par l'un des plus grands chercheurs dans le domaine et fournit des articles faisant autorité par une équipe d'universitaires internationaux et de personnalités orthodoxes
- Couvre la période de l'Antiquité tardive à nos jours, englobant des sujets tels que l'histoire, la théologie, la liturgie, le monachisme, la sacramentologie, le droit canon, la philosophie, la culture populaire, l'architecture, l'archéologie, la martyrologie et l'hagiographie
- Structuré par ordre alphabétique et indexé topiquement croisé, avec des entrées allant de 100 à 6 000 mots
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The paperback edition is a valuable and affordable resource, which I recommend as a compendium for historians, religionists, and theologians alike. (Religious Studies Review, 4 June 2015)
In short, this Encyclopedia, is a useful tool that offers valuable basic information on many aspects of the Orthodox world. (Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 1 March 2014)
The encyclopaedia as a whole is a remarkable achievement: not, perhaps, completely reliable, but nothing is. The preface by the editor, Fr John McGuckin, is a masterpiece. (Theology, 1 September 2012)
His monumental work and Leustean s indispensable reference book provide a wealth of knowledge about global Orthodoxy during historical cycles of growth, repression and renewal. (European History Quarterly, 2012)
By this token, then, the encyclopaedia is a timely value for money product, for those with deep pockets and deep minds. (Reference Reviews, 2012)
"The stated intention of producing an authoritative, scholarly reference work has been realized in a work that will have the greatest utility for researchers at every level. In 30 years of studying Orthodox Christianity, this reviewer has been no comparable work. Summing Up: Essential. Reference collections supporting lower–level undergraduates through researchers/faculty, and general readers. " (Choice, 1July 2011)
"In the preface editor McGuckin expresses his joy in bringing together this two–volume reference – a resource that breaks ground by making accessible comprehensive coverage of a religion that is rising once again after enduring some of the greatest challenges of its history – the 20th–century repressive regimes of eastern Europe." (Booknews, 1 April 2011).
"The stated intention of producing an authoritative, scholarly reference work has been realized in a work that will have the greatest utility for researchers at every level. In 30 years of studying Orthodox Christianity, this reviewer has seen no comparable work. Summing Up: Essential. Reference collections supporting lower–level undergraduates through researchers/faculty, and general readers"(CHOICE, July 2011)
