Maria Doerfler, Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity. Reviewed by Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Published by University of California Press on January 2, 2020 Language: English ISBN: 978-0-520-30415-4 Pages: xiii + 396 One of the liveliest areas of current discussion amongst scholars of ancient Christianity is the diverse nature of [...]
Edward Rommen, Church in the Land of Desire: Eastern Orthodox Encounter with North American Consumer Culture. Reviewed by Robert Saler
Published by Wipf & Stock on March 18, 2021 Language: English ISBN: 978-1725271043 Pages: 312 As the world at large and the church in particular takes stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of [...]
Christoph Schneider (ed.), Theology and Philosophy in Eastern Orthodoxy. Reviewed by Frederick D. Aquino
Published by Pickwick Publications on October 25, 2019 Language: English ISBN: 978-1-60899-421-2 Pages: 187 It is now commonplace to see the contours of Christian appropriation of contemporary philosophical methods, concepts, and resources. Some examples that come [...]
Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia (audio recording), reviewed by Nicholas Denysenko
Title: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia (audio recording) Artists: Alexander Lingas, Capella Romana (with scholars Bissera Pentcheva and Jonathan Abel) Released: December 15, 2019 Orthodox Christians know the legend of the conversion of St. Volodymyr [...]
Alexis Torrance, Human Perfection in Byzantine Theology: Attaining the Fullness of Christ. Reviewed by Thomas Cattoi
Published by Oxford University Press on December 15, 2020 Language: English ISBN: 9780198845294 Pages: 256 The goal of Torrance’s monograph is to explore the Christocentric character of Orthodox spirituality, tracing its historical development in Byzantine theology from the late conciliar [...]
Gabrielle Thomas and Elena Narinskaya, eds., Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church. Reviewed by Dagmar Heller
by Gabrielle Thomas and Elena Narinskaya (eds.) Published by Cascade Books on July 10, 2020 Language: English ISBN: 978-1-5326-9578-0 Pages: 210 The question of women’s ordination to the priesthood has often been qualified by Orthodox officials as being forced on the [...]
