Introducing the Orthodox Churches

10 articles and a bibliography of the late Orthodox scholar Mar Gregorios. All the material is about the Orthodox churches, with chapters on "The Orthodox Church and Its Two Families", "Different Eastern Orthodox Churches", "The Oriental Orthodox Churches", "The Ethnic Character of Orthodoxy", "Ecclesiological Issues Concerning the Relation of Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches", etc. A very useful introduction to one of the great streams of Christian tradition.

The Joy of Freedom: Eastern Worship and Modern Man

"This book is neither by a scholar, nor for scholars. It is meant primarily for intelligent Western Christian readers, but others may find themselves addressed here" (from the foreword). Worship, mysticism and the eastern orthodox liturgy are the main topics discussed.

The Human Presence: An Orthodox View of Nature

An insightful discussion of the ecological and human crisis facing the world today. The eastern orthodox tradition is seen as having insights necessary to the successful charting of dangerous waters. "Towards a New Style of Christian Ethical Reflection" is the closing chapter.

The Secular Ideology: An Important Remedy for India's Communal Problem

Gregorios was a stimulating thinker who opposed western concepts of secularism as adopted in India by Nehru. Secularism, communalism, fundamentalism and pluralism are all discussed in these seminal papers.

Science for Sane Societies: Reflections of Faith, Science and the Future in the Indian Context

The author chaired a 1979 WCC conference on "Faith Science and the Future" and this book gives his reflections on lessons learned there. Chapters include discussions of energy, bio-ethics, dangers to human existence, science and philosophy, ethical decision making, science and faith, towards a new paradigm for reality and the needs of a sane society. Stimulating essays from a leader of ecumenical thought.

Enlightenment, East and West: Pointers in the Quest for India's Secular Identity

A stimulating comparative study of India and Europe by a leading Christian thinker. Enlightenment in the western context as "a cultural-intellectual process that emerged in Europe in the eighteenth century and is now spreading to the rest of the world" is contrasted with enlightenment in the eastern meaning, particularly as seen in the experience of the Buddha. "Can critical rationality, the essence of the modern European Enlightenment, and the transcendental or mystical experience of 'religious enlightenment', which seems universal, but is also fundamental to the Indian identity, be conceptually reconciled and related, even dialectically? Such is the drive in the present enquiry" from the author's introduction). With an index.

Disarmament and Nuclear Weapons

Twelve articles written between 1976 and 1987, covering a wide range of issues in the nuclear arms debate including development issues and future prospects.

Global Peace and Common Security

Eleven articles written between 1975 and 1992. Chapters include an outsider's perspective on European security, the Asia-Pacific region, international morality and global security as an issue for the peace movements.

Religion and Dialogue

A collection of the papers of Mar Gregorios. The first ten papers are under the heading of "religions" and include Scientific Theories of Religion: A Resume and Review", "The Hindu Conception of Sin", and "On Practising Dharma: A Few Random Reflections". The next ten papers are headed "Religious Dialogue" and include "Dialogue of the Spirit", "The Inter-Faith Movement" and "A Triple Orientation for Inter-Religious Dialogue".

Love's Freedom, the Grand Mystery: A Spiritual Autobiography

The unfinished biography of the noted leader of the Orthodox Church in India. His autobiography was incomplete, so this volume includes his plan, what he had completed, and supplemental autobiographical materials from other sources. His formative ministerial years were spent in Ethiopia and that period is the heart of the book. With numerous photographs.

Science and Our Future

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Papers from a World Council of Churches seminar in Delhi in 1977. Leading scientists spoke on technology, energy sources, India's nuclear energy situation, village needs, etc.

The Church and Authority: Reflections on the Nature and Life of the Church

Twenty-five papers on the church by the noted Eastern Orthodox theologian. Twelve papers are grouped under The Church and Authority, thirteen under Conciliarity and Unity. "Mar Gregorios also brought an astounding clarity to the Oriental Orthodox position in relation to the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the context of the famous Vienna Dialogue. On the crucial questions of authority, primacy and communion, his Orthodox ecclesiological articulations have deeply and genuinely challenged the Roman Catholic theological assumptions, as well as some falsely Orthodox hierarchical notions, lending an in-depth quality to that dialogue" (from the preface by Dr. K. M. George of the Mar Gregorios Foundation).