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HUNGRY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN READER IBD

OLGA PRESS
10 / 2015
9780996644105
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This Reader is a sampler of books and types of Orthodox writings that are &ldquo,hidden.&rdquo, Although foundational, everyday, Orthodox reading and currently available in English, these sources are hidden through unfamiliarity or, surprisingly, a seeming too much familiarity. Many are hidden away in expensive, scholarishly-intimidating, multi-volume sets of books. Other staples of Orthodox reading have only recently arrived in English. Certain others are avoided as though proscribed: for priests only. Those obscured by ostensible over-familiarity&mdash,the services, for example, with their expansive beauty and depth&mdash,are simply taken for granted and too often become burdensome obligation.The works collected in this Reader provide an encouraging glimpse into and introduction to these &ldquo,hidden&rdquo,&mdash,though widely available&mdash,texts and sources. The various selections deal not so much with what Orthodox believe, but rather how Orthodox believe. They point toward a more Orthodox culture, world view, way of life. The book is for hungry Orthodox: lifelong church members who feel there must be more to Orthodoxy than they perceive on Sunday morning, converts who seek the &ldquo,fullness&rdquo, they were promised, and &ldquo,reverts&rdquo, who left the Church because of hunger but now hungrily return.á

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