Eastern Christianity: A Crossroads of Cultures

By F Jullien

Eastern Christianity is pluralistic. How might exchanges among Christiansin geographic areas where different expressions of Christianity developedin the ancient Near and Middle East have been determining factors in theevolution of specific Churches? Encounters among Christians during LateAntiquity and the Middle Ages resulted in fertile adaptations andenrichments leading, through mutations and cross-influences, to theemergence of new identities. Such interculturality provides a response tothe challenges of the dominating Byzantine, Persian, and Arabic cultures, as expressed through intellectual currents, artistic influences, andconstructions of traditions.The selected articles presented here, several updated by their authors, havemarked the field of Eastern Christian studies in recent decades. Thecomparative approach enables the reader to better grasp the exceptionalimpact of the cultural contacts among Christians in the East. This volumeaims to be a useful tool by offering a synthesis of the researchinvestigations and methodological approaches on Eastern Christianity as acrossroads of cultures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042926708
• ISBN13: 9789042926707
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 351 Pages