The Church of the East

A Concise History
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-29770-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Reihe: Central Asian Studies

The Church of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the East Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, the 20th century, and informs about the Syriac, Iranian and Chinese literature of this unique and almost forgotten part of Christendom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baum, Wilhelm

Winkler, Dietmar W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The 'Apostolic Church of the East': A Brief Introduction to the Writing of Church History and to Terminology 1. The Age of the Sassanians (Until 651) 2. The Age of the Arabs (650-1258) 3. The Age of the Mongols (13th and 14th Centuries) 4. The Age of the Ottomans (15th to 19th Centuries) 5. The Twentieth Century 6. Language and Literature of the Church of the East

Über Autor(innen)

Wilhelm Baum is Associate Professor and teaches Medieval History at the Universities of Graz and Klagenfurt, Austria. He is author of of The Transformation of the Myth of Prester John (1999) and Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages (2001).
Dietmar W. Winkler is Associate Professor and teaches Patristics and Ecumenical Theology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg and the Cistercian School of Theology, Heilogenkreuz, Austria.