Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key

In the Orthodox Christian faith the elements of liturgy, scripture, hymnody, and iconography are the instruments or...
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Author: Vigen Guroian
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Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key by Guroian, Vigen

Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key

$67.93

Melody of Faith: Theology in an Orthodox Key

$67.93
Author: Vigen Guroian
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the Orthodox Christian faith the elements of liturgy, scripture, hymnody, and iconography are the instruments or "voices" of a melody of faith. Here Vigen Guroian presents the fundamental beliefs of Orthodox Christianity through the metaphor of music. Often drawing on his personal religious experience, Guroian weaves together the themes of creation and new creation, beginning and end, sin and holiness, Incarnation and deification, sacrifice and salvation.

Guroian explores the dogmatic foundation of this rich faith in six chapters, or "movements." Through discussing Syrian, Armenian, Byzantine, and Russian iconography and Gospel illuminations -- illustrated by icons and Armenian miniatures -- he further reveals how Orthodox Christianity expresses theology as much in art as through language. As a whole, Guroian's Melody of Faithbeautifully captures the spirit of Orthodox Christianity and takes readers to the theological heart of the Orthodox faith.

Author: Vigen Guroian
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 08/01/2010
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780802864963


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 45
Christian Century 11/16/2010 pg. 42

About the Author
Guroian, Vigen: - Vigen Guroian is Professor of Religious Studies in OrthodoxChristianity at the University of Virginia inCharlottesville. He tends a large perennial and vegetablegarden with his wife, June, in Culpeper, Virginia. Hisbooks include Inheriting Paradise: Meditations onGardening, Life's Living toward Dying (both Eerdmans), and Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic StoriesAwaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Oxford).

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