| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 389 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE Confronting the Present-Day Reality -- CHAPTER 1 The Ascetics of War: The Undoing and Redoingof Virtue -- CHAPTER 2 Exposing the State of the Question: A Case Studyof American Orthodox Responses to the 1999War in Kosovo -- PART TWO Reengaging Orthodoxy History and Tradition -- CHAPTER 3 Chariots of Fire, Unassailable Cities, and theOne True King: A Prophetically Influenced ScribalPerspective on War and Peace |
| Summary |
Through essays written by prominent Orthodox scholars in the fields of biblical studies, church history, Byzantine studies, theology, patristics, political science, ethics, and biology, Orthodox Christian Perspectives on War presents and examines the Orthodox tradition's nuanced and unique insights on the meaning and challenges of war with an eye toward their contemporary relevance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 15, 2017) |
| Subject |
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines
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| SUBJECT |
Orthodox Eastern Church fast |
| Subject |
War -- Religious aspects -- Orthodox Eastern Church.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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Theology, Doctrinal
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War -- Religious aspects -- Orthodox Eastern Church
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamalis, Perry T., 1970- editor.
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Karras, Valerie A., editor
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| LC no. |
2017037605 |
| ISBN |
9780268102791 |
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0268102791 |
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