Essays on Faith and Culture

Essays by four well-known historians and theologians on the interaction of Orthodox faith and secular culture, Hellenism, Russian, and American. Fr. Leon Contos describes the challenges of "translating" Orthodox and Byzantine hymnology, liturgy, art and architecture into English for the American Church. Sir Dimitri Obolensky explores the interaction of Byzantine Orthodoxy once it was adopted by Russia. Eva Catafygiotou Topping examines the status and treatment of women in Orthodox theology, hymnology, and practice, calling for renewal and revision. Speros Vryonis presents how the early Christian Church developed its theology as it interacted with Hellenistic Culture.