Five good introductions to Eastern Orthodoxy

Submitted by AmatorDeus on Tue, 12/09/2003 - 10:00
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  • The Orthodox Church by Kallistos(Timothy) Ware - The best overall introduction. Divied into two halves, history and theology.
  • The Tao of Christ by Hieromonk Damascene - Meditations on the Tao Teh Ching from an Orthodox perspectave and a rendering of the life of Christ as Lao Tzu might have written it. Check out the Amazon reviews.
  • Facing East by Frederica Matthews-Green - Best for a non-theological look at the life of a modern Orthodox family in the US
  • Thirsting for God in a Land of Shallow Wells by Matthew Gallatin - Best intro for an evangelical protestant.
  • The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware - This is the one I would reccomend to persons with no religious background.