Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
What does it mean to “think Orthodox”? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptions underlying what Christians believe? Orthodox Christianity is based on preserving the mind of the early Church, its phronema. Dr. Jeannie Constantinou brings her more than forty years’ experience as a professor, Bible teacher, and speaker to bear in explaining what the Orthodox phronema is, how it can be acquired, and how that phronema is expressed in true Orthodox theology—as practiced by those who are properly qualified by both training and a deep relationship with Christ.
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- Explores the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptions underlying what Christians believe
- Explains exactly how anyone can acquire an Orthodox mind
Dr. Constantinou has written a marvellously timely book that is an education in itself as well as being a delight to read… [She presents] a patient and thorough account of what it is to inhabit the spiritual, theological, and sacramental world of Eastern Orthodoxy.
—Archpriest John A. McGuckin, PhD. D.D. DLitt., Professor of Early Christian Thought, Theology Faculty, Oxford University
This clear, convincing, practical, well-crafted, and highly recommended book argues that the heritage of the Orthodox Faith includes, not only a distinct theology, but also a distinctive pattern of thinking theologically. It is not the task of theology to refine, clarify, and apply an ever-greater precision to the content of the Faith. As a component of the life in Christ, rather, Orthodox thinking strives to acquire and maintain a disciplined, humble, and devout mind. Parish priests, when they instruct newcomers to the faith, will want to have this book within reach.
—Patrick Henry Reardon, Senior Editor, Touchstone: a Journal of Mere Christianity
- Title: Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind
- Author: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou
- Publisher: Ancient Faith
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 380
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church › Doctrines; Thought and thinking › Religious aspects--Orthodox Eastern Church
- ISBNs: 9781944967703, 1944967702
- Resource ID: LLS:THNKNGRTHDXCMND
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:01:28Z