The Orthodox Christian World

1. The Greek tradition
2. The Russian tradition
3. The Armenian tradition
4. The Georgian tradition
5. The Syriac tradition
6. The Assyrian Church of the East
7. The Arabic tradition
8. The Coptic tradition
9. The Ethiopian tradition
10. The Serbian tradition
11. The Romanian tradition
12. Orthodoxy in Paris: the reception of Russian Orthodox thinkers (1925–40)
13. Orthodoxy in North America
14. Orthodoxy in Australia: current and future perspectives
15. Mary the Theotokos (“Birth-giver of God”)
16. Ephrem the Syrian
17. Macarius (Macarius-Simeon, Pseudo-Macarius)
18. John Chrysostom
19. Cyril of Alexandria
20. Dionysius the Areopagite
21. Babai the Great
22. St Maximus the Confessor
23. Sinai and John Climacus
24. Cyril and Methodius
25. Photius of Constantinople
26. Barhebraeus
27. Täklä Haymanot
28. The Hesychasts: “political Photianism” and the public sphere in the fourteenth century
29. Nil Sorskii
30. Neagoe Basarab
31. Nikodemos the Haghiorite
32. Contemporary Athonite fathers
33. Elders of Optina Pustyn
34. Saint Raphael Hawaweeny, bishop of Brooklyn: “The Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America”
35. Sergii Bulgakov
36. Dumitru Sta˘niloae
37. Matta al-Miskîn
38. Ecclesiology and ecumenism
39. Orthodox canon law: the Byzantine experience
40. The doctrine of the Trinity: its history and meaning
41. Orthodoxy and culture
42. Ethics
43. Women in Orthodoxy
44. Hagiography and devotion to the saints
45. The Philokalia
46. From Jewish apocalypticism to Orthodox mysticism
47. Philosophy and Orthodoxy in Byzantium
48. Russian philosophy and Orthodoxy
49. Modern Greek literature and Orthodoxy
50. Russian literature and Orthodoxy: outline of main trends to 1917
51. Music in the Orthodox Church
52. Orthodox Christianity and mental health
53. Orthodox Christianity and world religions

Over the last century unprecedented numbers of Christians from traditionally Orthodox societies migrated around the world. Once seen as an ‘oriental’ or ‘eastern’ phenomenon, Orthodox Christianity is now much more widely dispersed, and in many parts of the modern world one need not go far to find an Orthodox community at worship. This collection offers a compelling overview of the Orthodox world, covering the main regional traditions of Orthodox Christianity and the ways in which they have become global. The contributors are drawn from the Orthodox community worldwide and explore a rich selection of key figures and themes. The book provides an innovative and illuminating approach to the subject, ideal for students and scholars alike.