Church and society
Subtitle: Orthodox Christian perspectives, past experiences, and modern challenges
By: George P. Liacopulos, editor.
Contributors: Liacopulos, George P.
Publisher: Somerset Hall Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780977461059; 9780977461066
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church; Christian sociology -- Orthodox Eastern Church; Church and social problems -- Orthodox Eastern Church
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Church history; title: Patmos : the insular sanctuary of Byzantium (1088-1988) / Speros Vryonis, Jr.; title: Your sword, our shield : the imperial monastery in Byzantine civilization / John Thomas; title: Raging Parthian fires : Middle East policy and the imperial ideology of Constantine and Heraclius / Tom Papademetriou; title: Theology & spirituality; title: Wealth and poverty in Christian tradition / Emmanuel Clapsis; title: The desert and the world : learning from the Desert Fathers and mothers / John Chryssavgis; title: The concept of Christian love compared to similar concepts in ancient Greek; title: Philosophy and other major religions of the world / Vassilis Vitsaxis; title: The christology of St. Gregory of Nyssa / Christos Th. Krikonis; title: Martyrdom, charisma, and imitation : paths to Christian sanctity / Thomas Heffernan; title: Comments on Bible translation / Theodore Stylianopoulos; title: Church & society; title: Educational prerequisites and theoretical underscorings for the development of Orthodox Christian mission / Ambrose-Aristotle Zographos; title: European multiformity and dimensions of Orthodox Christian social ethics / Stanley Harakas; title: Church and Byzantine social, medical, and bioethical perspectives / Aristotelis Chr. Eftychiadis; title: Canon law; title: An orthodox perspective on marriage : Demetrios J. Constantelos / Patrick Viscuso; title: Canons 6 and 28 of the Council of Chalcedon and the Episcopacy of Methodios, the  Apostle to the Slavs / Walter Hanak; title: Byzantine philanthropy in a special case of the Penal Code : grave robbing and social compassion / Constantinos G. Pitsakis; title: Hellenism; title: Hellenism and liberalism in the nineteenth century / W.C. Lubenow; title: The Hellenic agoge (training) / Methodios Phougias; title: History of economic thought : the Schumpeterian "great gap," the "lost" Byzantine legacy, and the literature gap / Christos P. Baloglou; title: Epilogue / John Constantelos; title: A sketch of the pastoral ministry of Demetrios J. Constantelos.