The Cambridge companion to Orthodox Christian theology / edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who are the Orthodox Christians? : a historical introduction / Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff -- Pt. I. Doctrine and tradition. Scripture and tradition in the Church / Theodore G. Stylianopoulos -- Biblical interpretation in worship / Ephrem Lash -- God in Trinity / Boris Bobrinskoy -- Creator and creation / Elizabeth Theokritoff -- The human person as image and likeness of God / Nonna Verna Harrison -- Christ and salvation / Peter Bouteneff -- Eschatology / Hilarion Alfeyev -- The Church / Matthew Steenberg -- Theology of the icon / Mariamna Fortounatto and Mary B. Cunningham -- The spiritual way / John Chryssavgis -- Pt. II. Contemporary Orthodox theology : its formation and character. Church fathers and the shaping of Orthodox theology / Augustine Casiday -- The patristic revival and its protagonists / Andrew Louth -- The Russian religious revival and its theological legacy / Michael Plekon -- Some key themes and figures in Greek theological thought / Athanasios N. Papathanasiou -- Personhood and its exponents in twentieth-century Orthodox theology / Aristotle Papanikolaou -- The witness of the Church in a pluralistic world : theological renaissance in the Church of Antioch / Nicolas Abou Mrad -- Russian theology after totalitarianism / Leonid Kishkovsky -- Orthodox Christianity in the West : the ecumenical challenge / John A. Jillions.

Orthodoxy, building on its patristic foundations, has blossomed in the modern period. This volume focuses on the way Orthodox theological tradition is understood and lived today. It explores the Orthodox understanding of what theology is: an expression of the Church's life of prayer, both corporate and personal, from which it can never be separated. Besides discussing aspects of doctrine, the book portrays the main figures, themes and developments that have shaped Orthodox thought. There is particular focus on the Russian and Greek traditions, as well as the dynamic but less well-known Antiochian tradition and the Orthodox presence in the West. --from publisher description.