Bücher der Reihe Studies in Eastern Orthodoxy

In this study the author explores the understanding and practice underpinning the Jesus Prayer. He does this by means of an investigation of the importance of psalmody in desert monasticism, an exploration of the influence of Evagrius of Pontus and a thorough examination of selected psalm-commentaries in circulation in the contemporary East.

Originally published under the title (1979), this publication reveals for the first time the entire magnitude of Byzantine kalophony serving as a systematic introduction to the Greek Byzantine music culture, that of the Byzantine Psaltic Art, at the height of its expression.

This book questions the extent to which knowledge and experience can be reasonably, if at all, separated in consideration of the divine. Gregory Palamas's dynamic patterning of unions and distinctions provides the context for a response to this question in which the breadth and depth of human functioning is explored.

This book explores the relationship between the Orthodox tradition and the ecumenical practice of engagement with other Christian traditions. The author perceives this relationship to be inconsistent since the core of Orthodoxy as professed by the Orthodox is precisely that of re-establishing the unity and catholicity of the Church of Christ.

The field of political theology in the Orthodox traditions of Europe in post-Byzantine times is an almost unknown area. The book offers a comparison of four mirrors for princes from the beginning of the sixteenth century. The main focus is on Neagoe Basarab, Lord of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521 and his political treatise.