The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity

Not just for historical and cultural reasons is Eastern Christianity worth revisiting, but today, because of changing geo‐political tensions and perceptions about divisions between civilizations, Eastern Christianity (now and in the past) has more relevance and resonance than ever. Ken Parry has gathered together an impressively informed group of international contributors in this companion, a follow up to his earlier dictionary in the same field (Parry, 1999) and, he says, a precursor to a reader in it as well. Parry is right to remind us that the new politics of the Middle East and the emergence of Eastern...