Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses
Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses

Author: A. McClanan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1137044691

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This book reconsiders a wide array of images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through to the seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieval context. Empress Theodora, the target of political pornography, has consumed the bulk of past interest, but even her representations fit these patterns. Methodological tools from fields as disparate as numismatics as well as cultural and gender studies help clarify the broader cultural significance of female imperial representation and patronage at this time.

The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church
The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church

Author: John Meyendorff

Publisher: RSM Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780913836903

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The continuing influence of the culture, thought and institutions of the Byzantine Empire on the Orthodox Church in political ideology, the encounter with Islam and the West, theology, spirituality, ecclesiology and contemporary ecumenism.

Byzantine Empresses
Byzantine Empresses

Author: Lynda Garland

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1134756399

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Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. It presents and analyses the available historical data in order to outline what these empresses did, what the sources thought they did, and what they wanted to do.

The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire
The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire

Author: J. M. Hussey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-03-25

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 0199582769

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This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative period for Orthodoxy. It had to face doctrinal problems and heresies; at the same time it experienced the continuity and deepening of its liturgical life. While holding fast to the traditions ofthe fathers and the councils, it saw certain developments in doctrine and liturgy as also in administration.Part I discusses the landmarks in ecclesiastical affairs within the Empire as well as the creative influence exercised on the Slavs and the increasing contacts with westerners particularly after 1204. Part II gives a brief account of the structure of the medieval Orthodox Church, its officials and organization, and the spirituality of laity, monks, and clergy.

Empresses-in-Waiting
Empresses-in-Waiting

Author: Christian Rollinger

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2024-05-20

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1835532470

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Empresses-in-Waiting comprises case studies of late antique empresses, female members of imperial dynasties, and female members of the highest nobility of the late Roman empire, ranging from the fourth to the seventh centuries AD. Situated in the context of the broader developments of scholarship on late antique and byzantine empresses, this volume explores the political agency, religious authority, and influence of imperial and near-imperial women within the Late Roman imperial court, which is understood as a complex spatial, social, and cultural system, the centre of patronage networks, and an arena for elite competition. The studies explore female performance and representation in literary and visual media as well as in court ceremonial, and discuss the opportunities and constraints of female power within a male dominated court environment and the broader realms of imperial activity. By focusing on imperial women, the volume not only addresses questions of gendered rhetoric and agency but throws into relief general dynamics in the exercise of imperial power during a period in which the classical Mediterranean world at large, as well as the Roman monarchy, underwent crucial transformations.

Theodosian Empresses
Theodosian Empresses

Author: Kenneth G. Holum

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1989-10-25

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0520068017

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Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century.

Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies
Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies

Author: Maxwell E. Johnson

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2022-02-05

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 081466380X

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In Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies, renowned liturgical scholars Stefanos Alexopoulos and Maxwell E. Johnson fulfill the need for a new, comprehensive, and straightforward survey of the liturgical life of the Eastern Christian Churches within the seven distinct liturgical Eastern rites still in existence today: Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, East Syrian, West Syrian, and Maronite. This topical overview covers baptism, chrismation, Eucharist, reconciliation, anointing, marriage, holy orders, burial, Liturgy of the Hours, the liturgical year, liturgical ethos and spirituality, and offers a brief yet comprehensive bibliography for further study. This book will be of special interest to masters-level students in liturgy and theology, pastoral ministers seeking an introduction to the liturgies of the Christian East, and all who seek to increase their knowledge of the liturgical riches of the Christian East.

Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice
Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice

Author: Leonie B. Liveris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1351958453

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This book explores the struggling genesis of a women's movement in the Orthodox Church through the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century at a time when militant conservatism is emerging in Orthodox countries and fundamentalism in the diaspora. Offering an understanding of the participation of women in the Orthodox Church, particularly during the 50 years of the membership of the Orthodox churches in the World Council of Churches, this book contributes to the ongoing debates and feminist analysis of women's participation, ministry and sexuality in the life and practice of the Church universal. The book reveals both the positive contributions to ecumenism and the difficulties confronting Orthodox women wishing to participate more fully in the leadership and ministry of their church.

American Apocalypse
American Apocalypse

Author: Roselouise Smith

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2020-11-13

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1645449858

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The deep political divide that is growing ever more apparent is a far cry from our Founder’s envisioned Utopia. Whether through hate mongering, religious-political extortion, bold-faced lies, or outright treason, our political leaders are bringing forth the apocalypse of the American ethos. It is important to note that George Washington had a fixed opinion on the punishment of traitors hanging. This absolutism is exactly what he expected his successors and Congress to adhere to as they, like himself, nobly put country before self. We are infinitely removed from the glory days of integrity and honor. Reason, logic, and facts have become sacrilegious with the ever-increasing religious stranglehold on our political system.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Orthodox Christianity
The Concise Encyclopedia of Orthodox Christianity

Author: John Anthony McGuckin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-02-03

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 1118759338

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Based on the acclaimed two-volume Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), and now available for students, faculty, and clergy in a concise single-volume format An outstanding reference work providing an accessible English language account of the key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including the Non-Chalcedonian churches Explores the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy in detail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leading scholars in the field and provides authoritative articles by a team of leading international academics and Orthodox figures Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the present, encompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgy, monasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culture, architecture, archaeology, martyrology, and hagiography Structured alphabetically and is topically cross-indexed, with entries ranging from 100 to 6,000 words