This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It suggests an approach to the world and to man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Alexander Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy -- the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom. - Publisher
Reflections on the theological aspect of the liturgy was the focus of Alexander Schmemann's intellectual life. He intuitively grasped and insisted upon the essentially theological character of all liturgical renewal. He recognized that the renewal of the church requires a rediscovery of the liturgy's own inherent theology, that same theology which once informed the whole of the church's life as well as the teachings and writings of the leaders of the Patristic age. This theological content which is inherent in the liturgy itself is designed by Schmemann as liturgical theology.
In every century since the renaissance, English speakers have felt compelled to possess a translation written especially for their own time of this great epic poem, the earliest and most central literary text of Western culture. That need has been thoroughly met in our century by the distinguished poet and classicist Robert Fitzgerald, whose version of "The Iliad" does justice in every way to the fluent vigor and gravity of the Homeric original.
Fr Schmemann examines the phenomenon of celebration and its expression in the Orthodox Christian church year, focusing especially on the Christmas and Easter cycles.
This volume comprises the third volume of sermons by Father Alexander Schmemann, on a topic which was particularly close to his heart. The Virgin Mary, usually referred to as "Theotokos" among the Orthodox, figures prominently in Byzantine liturgical worship. There is no single service which does not contain one or more references to her. Yet Eastern Orthodox theological manuals have little to say about Mary beyond repeating the primarily Christological titles affirmed by the Third Ecumenical Council (Ephesus, 431) - "Theotokos," "Birthgiver of God." It is to the Eastern liturgical tradition, then, that one must turn for a more developed Mariology. Eastern hymnographers, drawing both on Scripture, on early Christian apocrypha, as well as on a rich theological tradition, went far beyond the laconic definition of Ephesus. In these brief pages, Father Schmemann draws on all these to explain Mariology to a modern audience."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
This commentary on the Lord's Prayer has been compiled from a series of Radio Liberty broadcasts to listeners in the former Soviet Union. Because this single short prayer of Jesus Christ has everything that needs to be said about God, his kingdom, this life, about all of us - it is not an exaggeration to suggest that in this commentary Fr. Schmemann provides us with a map for seeing anew the purpose and measure of our whole life as he awakens in us a fresh understanding of these familiar petitions. Includes black and white illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
This is a collection of Fr. Alexander Schmemann's sermons delivered over the course of many years over Radio Liberty to listeners in the Soviet Union. Selected from over 3000 sermons, his broadcasts were widely acclaimed.
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