Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyISBN-13:9780802864963ISBN-10:802864961UPC:9780802864963Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Theology, SpiritualityBook Topic:OrthodoxSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SC7M91D4R2
In the Orthodox Christian faith the elements of liturgy, scripture, hymnody, and iconography are the instruments or "voices" of a melody of faith. Here Vigen Guroian presents the fundamental beliefs of Orthodox Christianity through the metaphor of music. Often drawing on his personal religious experience, Guroian weaves together the themes of creation and new creation, beginning and end, sin and holiness, Incarnation and deification, sacrifice and salvation. Guroian explores the dogmatic foundation of this rich faith in six chapters, or "movements." Through discussing Syrian, Armenian, Byzantine, and Russian iconography and Gospel illuminations -- illustrated by icons and Armenian miniatures -- he further reveals how Orthodox Christianity expresses theology as much in art as through language. As a whole, Guroian's Melody of Faithbeautifully captures the spirit of Orthodox Christianity and takes readers to the theological heart of the Orthodox faith.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyISBN-13:9780802864963ISBN-10:802864961UPC:9780802864963Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Theology, SpiritualityBook Topic:OrthodoxSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SC7M91D4R2
Guroian, Vigen: - Vigen Guroian is Professor of Religious Studies in OrthodoxChristianity at the University of Virginia inCharlottesville. He tends a large perennial and vegetablegarden with his wife, June, in Culpeper, Virginia. Hisbooks include Inheriting Paradise: Meditations onGardening, Life's Living toward Dying (both Eerdmans), and Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic StoriesAwaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Oxford).
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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