Title: Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans
First published: 2010
Description: "Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans" is the first sustained study of inter-Orthodox relations, the special role of the Anglican Church, and the problems of Orthodox nationalism in the modern age. Despite many challenges, the interwar years were a time of intense creativity in the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian emigres, freed from enforced isolation in the wake of the Russian Revolution, found themselves in close contact with figures from other Orthodox churches and from the Roman Catholic Church and all varieties of Protestant confessions. For many reasons, Russian exiles found themselves drawn to the Anglican Church in particular. The interwar years thus witnessed a concentrated effort to bridge the gap between Orthodox and Anglican. Geffert's book is a detailed history of that effort. It is the story of efforts toward rapprochement by two churches and their ultimate failure to achieve formal unity. The same political, diplomatic, historical, personal, and religious forces that first inspired contact were the ones that ultimately undermined the effort. Bryn Geffert recounts the history of an important chapter in the history of Christian ecumenism, one that is relevant to contemporary efforts to achieve meaningful interfaith dialogue.
Subjects: Anglican Communion -- Relations -- Orthodox Eastern Church, Orthodox Eastern Church -- Relations -- Anglican Communion, Ecumenism, Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, Russian Orthodox Church
Places: London, Paris, Yugoslavia, Russia, Greece, Constantinople
People: Sergei Bulgakov, Georges Florovsky, Georgii Florovskii, Nicolas Zernov, Nikolai Zernov, John Douglas, Patriarch Meletios, Cosmo Gordon Lang
Time periods: 1917-1942
LC classification: BX5004.3 .G44 2010