Cambridge Companion to the Byzantine Church
Cambridge Companion to the Byzantine Church
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009100533
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 30/04/2026
The Cambridge Companion to the Byzantine Church explores the intricate dimensions of the Church in Byzantium-its emergence, theology, art, liturgy and histories-and its afterlife, in captivity and in the modern world. Thirty leading theologians and historians of eastern Rome examine how people from Greece to Russia lived out their faith in liturgies, veneration of the saints, and other dimensions of church life, including its iconic art and architecture. The authors provide a rich overview and insights from the latest scholarship on the lives and beliefs of emperors and subjects across the Byzantine empire. The volume thereby fills a prominent gap in current offerings on the development and continuing impacts of the Byzantine church from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, and will serve as a valuable resource for scholars, a companion for students and an introduction for the wider community to this fascinating chapter in the history of Christianity.
Contributors; Abbreviations; Foreword Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; Introduction Andrew Mellas and Bronwen Neil; Part I. Outlines of the Byzantine Church: 1. Emergence of the Byzantine church Brian Croke; 2. Hellenism, philosophy and the church David Bradshaw; 3. The church in the desert and the city John Chryssavgis and Andrew Mellas; 4. Women in the Byzantine church Sarah Gador-Whyte; 5. Emperors and Bishops Justin Pigott; 6. Dissidence and persecution Ryan Strickler; 7. Schism in the Byzantine church George Demacopoulos; Part II. Theology: 8. Defining the faith in councils Richard Price; 9. Christology Bogdan Bucur; 10. Mariology Mary Cunningham; 11. Pneumatology Doru Costache; 12. Anthropology Ashley Purpura; 13. Eschatology Bronwen Neil; 14. The Byzantine church and the west Edward Siecienski; Part III. Experiencing the Liturgy: 15. Liturgy at the great church after Iconoclasm Daniel Galadza; 16. Experiencing scripture Roland Betancourt; 17. Hymnology Damaskinos Olkinuora; 18. Iconic subjects Rossitza Schroeder; 19. Hagiography Albrecht Berger; 20. Architecture Vasileios Marinis; Part IV. Living the Faith: 21. Monasticism Olympia Nelson; 22. Charity and almsgiving Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen; 23. Pilgrimage Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos; 24. Singing and emotion Georgia Frank; 25. Heaven and hell Angeliki Lymberopoulou; Part V. The Late Byzantine Church and its Afterlife: 26. The Late Byzantine church Daniel Stauffer and Alexis Torrance; 27. The holy mountain Kosta Simic and Leonela Fundic; 28. Nationalism Vasilios Makrides; 29. The Byzantine rite today Stefanos Alexopoulos; 30. Orthodoxy, the church and the reception of Byzantium Przemyslaw Marciniak.
