At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy - Hardcover
Eastern Orthodoxy is one of North America's fastest-growing faiths, yet relatively few people understand this non-Western form of Christianity. At the Corner of East and Now helps the reader comprehend both the roots of this ages-old tradition and the passion with which it is practiced by its contemporary followers.
"An excellent invitation to Christians of the West to understand a tradition in which worship has neither beginning nor end."-The Dallas Morning News
"An excellent invitation to Christians of the West to understand a tradition in which worship has neither beginning nor end."-The Dallas Morning News
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The wonderful title of this book gives a glimpse into its subject: a life at the crossroads of everyday life in America and the timeless rituals in a Christian Orthodox service. Full of information about this ancient church, Mathewes-Greene--author of Facing East and a columnist for Christianity Today--uses a style that is both quirky and intellectual, moving easily from the conversational ("this wasn't one of those woo-woo spiritual experiences where everything goes misty") to references to great Orthodox theologians and rich, Annie Dillard-like prose. One example is her brief description of a young man she saw in California who believed he was Christ: "This is just someone's boy, someone's dreamer, who grabbed a sheet out of the linen closet and walked out of the suburbs, a nice young man breaking someone's heart, lost and gliding over the beautiful Santa Rosa Mountains in a private plane of bliss." While bearing the hallmarks of a fairly recent convert to the faith (some readers will have to adjust to her celebration of orthodoxy at the expense of both Catholicism and Protestantism), the book makes a fine introduction to orthodoxy for contemporary readers. --Doug Thorpe
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Frederica Mathewes-Green is a commentator for "All Things Considered," a columnist for Christianity Today, and the author of Facing East and Real Choices.
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- PublisherLION HUDSON PLC
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0745950272
- ISBN 13 9780745950273
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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