Orthodox Christians In America
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Orthodox Christians In America
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Author : John H. Erickson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008
Orthodox Christians In America written by John H. Erickson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
With this volume, Erickson follows the momentous events and notable individuals in the history of the Orthodox dioceses in America. The book explains the impact Orthodox Christianity has had on the history of immigration, and how the religion has changed as a result of the American experience.
Orthodox Christians In America
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Author : John H. Erickson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1999
Orthodox Christians In America written by John H. Erickson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
Traces the evolution of the Orthodox Christian faith in America from its origins in the late 1700s through the 1990s, highlighting notable events and significant individuals in the history of the religion.
Orthodox Christians And The Rights Revolution In America
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Author : A. G. Roeber
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2024-01-02
Orthodox Christians And The Rights Revolution In America written by A. G. Roeber and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-02 with Religion categories.
A distinctive and unrivaled examination of North American Eastern Orthodox Christians and their encounter with the rights revolution in a pluralistic American society. From the civil rights movement of the 1950s to the “culture wars” of North America, commentators have identified the partisans bent on pursuing different “rights” claims. When religious identity surfaces as a key determinant in how the pursuit of rights occurs, both “the religious right” and “liberal” believers remain the focus of how each contributes to making rights demands. How Orthodox Christians in North America have navigated the “rights revolution,” however, remains largely unknown. From the disagreements over the rights of the First Peoples of Alaska to arguments about the rights of transgender persons, Orthodox Christians have engaged an anglo-American legal and constitutional rights tradition. But they see rights claims through the lens of an inherited focus on the dignity of the human person. In a pluralistic society and culture, Orthodox Christians, both converts and those with family roots in Orthodox countries, share with non-Orthodox fellow citizens the challenge of reconciling conflicting rights claims. Those claims do pit “religious liberty” rights claims against perceived dangers from outside the Orthodox Church. But internal disagreements about the rights of clergy and people within the Church accompany the Orthodox Christian engagement with debates over gender, sex, and marriage as well as expanding political, legal, and human rights claims. Despite their small numbers, North American Orthodox remain highly visible and their struggles influential among the more than 280 million Orthodox worldwide. Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America offers an historical analysis of this unfolding story.
The Immigrants Tale
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Author : Ezra Ham
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2017-12-14
The Immigrants Tale written by Ezra Ham and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-14 with History categories.
Millions of immigrants arrived in the United States during the Great Migration of 1860-1924. Increasingly Old Stock Americans grew fearful of these new people with their strange ways and strange religions. The Immigrants' Tale is a cultural history of the coming of Eastern Orthodox Arab Christians to the United States. The Tale is told by the members of St. Elijah Orthodox Christian Church in Oklahoma City, OK. Change the names, change the city, change the religion and it's the universal story experienced by all immigrants The Immigrants' Tale is larger than any one community, any one city, any one ethnicity and any one religion. It is the Tale of all immigrants. Everyone living in the United States is an immigrant or a descendent of immigrants. The Immigrants' Tale is therefore our story; even if our ancestors have lived here so long we no longer remember or care where they came from.
Orthodox Christians In North America 1794 1994
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Author : Mark Stokoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Orthodox Christians In North America 1794 1994 written by Mark Stokoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Religion categories.
The Greek Orthodox Church In America
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Author : Alexander Kitroeff
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-15
The Greek Orthodox Church In America written by Alexander Kitroeff and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with History categories.
In this sweeping history, Alexander Kitroeff shows how the Greek Orthodox Church in America has functioned as much more than a religious institution, becoming the focal point in the lives of the country's million-plus Greek immigrants and their descendants. Assuming the responsibility of running Greek-language schools and encouraging local parishes to engage in cultural and social activities, the church became the most important Greek American institution and shaped the identity of Greeks in the United States. Kitroeff digs into these traditional activities, highlighting the American church's dependency on the "mother church," the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the use of Greek language in the Sunday liturgy. Today, as this rich biography of the church shows us, Greek Orthodoxy remains in between the Old World and the New, both Greek and American.
The Eastern Church In The Spiritual Marketplace
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Author : Amy Slagle
language : en
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
The Eastern Church In The Spiritual Marketplace written by Amy Slagle and has been published by Northern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Religion categories.
Like many Americans, the Eastern Orthodox converts in this study are participants in what scholars today refer to as the "spiritual marketplace" or quest culture of expanding religious diversity and individual choice- making that marks the post-World War II American religious landscape. In this highly readable ethnographic study, Slagle explores the ways in which converts, clerics, and lifelong church members use marketplace metaphors in describing and enacting their religious lives. Slagle conducted participant observation and formal semi-structured interviews in Orthodox churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jackson, Mississippi. Known among Orthodox Christians as the "Holy Land" of North American Orthodoxy, Pittsburgh offers an important context for exploring the interplay of Orthodox Christianity with the mainstreams of American religious life. Slagle's second round of research in Jackson sheds light on the American Bible Belt where over the past thirty years the Orthodox Church in America has marshaled significant resources to build mission parishes. Relatively few ethnographic studies have examined Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the United States, and Slagle's book fills a significant gap. This lucidly written book is an ideal selection for courses in the sociology and anthropology of religion, contemporary Christianity, and religious change. Scholars of Orthodox Christianity, as well as clerical and lay people interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, will find this book to be of great appeal.
Project For Orthodox Renewal
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Author : George Matsoukas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Project For Orthodox Renewal written by George Matsoukas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Religion categories.
Orthodox Christianity At The Crossroad A Great Council Of The Church When And Why
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Author : George E. Matsoukas
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-04-07
Orthodox Christianity At The Crossroad A Great Council Of The Church When And Why written by George E. Matsoukas and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-07 with Religion categories.
Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad: A Great Council of the Church When and Why The purpose of publishing the papers presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of Orthodox Christian Laity is to improve lay and clergy literacy on the conference topic of The Need for a Great and Holy Council. The papers are presented with the hope that the information will motivate the faithful to participate in the conciliar decision-making process that moves the Church forward on the issue of developing the council or another appropriate meeting. The forces, factors, and history that inhibit calling a council are presented in these papers. The hope of what can be accomplished when brothers work in synergy with each other and the Holy Spirit is also evident. The renewal of Orthodox Christianity and the renewal of its witness in the contemporary world of global religious pluralism depend on such a meeting. The calling of a council free of worldly, political, power, turf, ego and ethnic considerations will renew the Living Tradition of Orthodoxy, which is its Apostolic calling. The world is looking for this Living Tradition, which cannot be well-expressed by a fragmented Orthodox Church. A council is a step toward renewing the Church and making it whole in order to teach this Living Tradition. It is interesting to noteas this collection of papers points outthat the children of Orthodox Christians living in America have come together as Americans, in order to remain Orthodox, through campus ministry programs that they are developing. The young adults are leading the way to Orthodox unity. Is it not time for the Church elders, the hierarchs, the clergy, and the faithful to look at the example of unity that the youth are providing and move ahead to do what is necessary to renew the Church through this conciliar council? ABOUT THE EDITOR George E. Matsoukas, Executive Director of Orthodox Christian Laity since 2000, recently published A Church in Captivity, The Greek Orthodox Church of America. He co-authored and edited Project for Orthodox Renewal and continues to publish articles in various journals, newspapers and local history publications. He is an active member of his church and community. Mission of OCL Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL) is a national, voluntary movement dedicated to syndiaconia (co-ministry) of clergy and laity who are concerned with the spiritual renewal, accountability, and transparency in Church governance. OCL encourages the laity to exercise its legitimate responsibilities as part of the conciliar governance process. OCL advocates the establishment of an administratively and canonically UNIFIED SELF - GOVERNING Orthodox Church in North America, which is in keeping with the theology and tradition in fulfilling its Apostolic mission.
The Orthodox Church
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Author : Thomas E. FitzGerald
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1998-09-30
The Orthodox Church written by Thomas E. FitzGerald and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-30 with Religion categories.
The first comprehensive introduction to the Orthodox Church in the United States from 1794 to the present, this text offers a succinct overview of the Church's distinctive history and its particular perspectives on the Christian faith. FitzGerald examines the relationship between the Orthodox Church and other Christian churches in the U.S., as well as the contributions the Orthodox Church has made to the ecumenical movement. This student edition, ideal for classes in American Religion, Denominational History, and American social and cultural history, includes a bibliographic essay intended as a guide for further investigation into aspects of Orthodox Christianity.