{"product_id":"the-christian-tradition-a-history-of-the-development-of-doctrine-vol-2-the-spirit-of-eastern-christendom-6001700","title":"The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine  Vol. 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe line that separated Eastern Christendom from Western on the medieval map is similar to the \"iron curtain\" of recent times. Linguistic barriers  political divisions  and liturgical differences combined to isolate the two cultures from each other. Except for such episodes as the schism between East and West or the Crusades  the development of non-Western Christendom has been largely ignored by church historians. In The Spirit of Eastern Christendom  Jaroslav Pelikan explains the divisions between Eastern and Western Christendom  and identifies and describes the development of the distinctive forms taken by Christian doctrine in its Greek  Syriac  and early Slavic expression.  \"It is a pleasure to salute this masterpiece of exposition. . . . The book flows like a great river  slipping easily past landscapes of the utmost diversitythe great Christological controversies of the seventh century  the debate on icons in the eighth and ninth  attitudes to Jews  to Muslims  to the dualistic heresies of the high Middle Ages  to the post-Reformation churches of Western Europe. . . . His book succeeds in being a study of the Eastern Christian religion as a whole.\"Peter Brown and Sabine MacCormack  New York Review of Books  \"The second volume of Professor Pelikans monumental work on The Christian Tradition is the most comprehensive historical treatment of Eastern Christian thought from 600 to 1700  written in recent years. . . . Pelikans reinterpretation is a major scholarly and ecumenical event.\"John Meyendorff  \"Displays the same mastery of ancient and modern theological literature  the same penetrating analytical clarity and balanced presentation of conflicting contentions  that made its predecessor such an intellectual treat.\"Virgina Quarterly Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966774734901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226653722","price":255.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226653723.jpg?v=1770579621","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-christian-tradition-a-history-of-the-development-of-doctrine-vol-2-the-spirit-of-eastern-christendom-6001700","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}