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Although there are over 200 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, 4 million of whom live in the United States, their history, beliefs, and practices are unfamiliar to most Americans. This book outlines the evolution of Orthodox Christian dogma, which emerged for the first time in 33 A.D., before shifting its focus to American Orthodoxy--a tradition that traces its origins back to the first Greek and Russian immigrants in the 1700s. The narrative follows the momentous events and notable individuals in the history of the Orthodox dioceses in the U.S., including Archbishop Iakovos' march for civil rights alongside Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Orthodox missionaries' active opposition to the mistreatment of native Inuit in Alaska, the quest for Orthodox unity in America, the massive influx of converts since the 1960s, and the often strained relationship between American Orthodox groups and the mother churches on the other side of the Atlantic. Erickson explains the huge impact
Orthodox Christianity has had on the history of immigration, and how the religion has changed as a result of the American experience. Lively, engaging, and thoroughly researched, the book unveils an insightful portrait of an ancient faith in a new world.

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"Orthodox Christians in America breaks new scholarly ground.... Should prove invaluable to scholars seeking to build on [Erickson's] work."--Harvard Divinity Bulletin

"John Erickson's book not only introduces [Orthodox Christianity] in a lucid and interesting manner, but provides the reader with enough insight and basic knowledge that you are left wanting to know more. Ample illustrations appropriately support the text and the periodic presentations of first person narratives make the experiences of Orthodox Christians vibrant and real.... I highly recommend this book for both teachers, students, and for inclusion in school libraries. Lucidly written and highly informative, [it] is an excellent introduction to this group of Americans whose religiosity has been largely hidden from public view."--Religious Studies in Secondary Schools

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The Very Reverend John H. Erickson is Peter N. Gramowich Professor of Church History at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (November 21, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019533308X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195333084
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.26 x 5.61 x 0.43 inches

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A seed planted in fresh soil of North America

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This book provides readers with many reasons to praise indigenous and immigrant Orthodox believers for planting the seed of ancient Faith in North America. Despite hardships of their geographic environments and strained relations with Mother Churches at times, Orthodox Churches took root. The author, Fr. John H. Erickson, is an historian on the faculty of St. Vladimir's Seminary near New York City.

With index and appendices, the monograph is brief at 136 pages; now in paperback with publication date of 2008, the book appeared in the year 2000 as hardback. Scholarship and method are sound, but the tone is not academic. Therefore, readers from many educational levels and a wide array of interests will appreciate the fact that there are no footnotes and excessive parenthetical flourishes.

Five chapters cover the following thematic groups: "An Ancient Faith in the New World;" "Entrepreneurs and Missionaries;" "A Church of Immigrants;" "The Ethnic Churches;" and "The Quest for Unity." A critical reflection on more recent events concerning Orthodox unity in North America appears as an addendum to the fifth chapter. Appendix A, "The Orthodox Churches at a Glance," has been fact-checked for updates since the year 2000 publication of the book, and provides reasonable accuracy to jurisdictional membership in both Chalcedean and non-Chalcedean Orthodox Churches worldwide, without breakdowns to North American data.

Additional appendices include a glossary of 20 common terms such as icon and the prefix "arch." Also, a chronology of Orthodoxy abbreviates events between the First Ecumenical Council and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, followed by a detailed time-line of events in North American Orthodoxy. In the subsequent Appendix, "Further Reading," the author identifies seminal texts to serve readers well for reliable information about general and specific topics raised by this book. A comprehensive index of subjects and names concludes the text.

I recommend the book for adult education classes in parishes, entry-level religion and theology classes, and reference for hierarchs and lay leaders among Orthodox Christians who build Orthodox unity.

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Fr Erickson fits so information into so few, yet pleasingly written, pages, it’s fairly remarkable.

Wish I’d been aware of this book sooner.

Much appreciated, and highly recommended.

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Great intro to the history of Orthodoxy in America

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2005

Just finished Erickson's book and was impressed at how well he handled the subject in what was obviously intended for the general audience. Being a convert to Orthodoxy myself, I was curious how the book would present Orthodoxy to an "outside audience."

One must commend Erickson for not sweeping under the rug some of the difficulties Orthodoxy has experienced (and caused for itself) in America. That makes his pronouncement of its great achievements not seem self-congratulatory, but as honest assessments.

One thing I was glad to see highlighted was Orthodoxy's "missionary mind." Moreso than any other mission church in the Americas (or the entire world for that matter), Orthodoxy has been responsive to the indigenous culture and has intended for the leadership of the church to become indigenous and local as quickly as possible. They want to incorporate local culture (as far as is compatible with the Bible and the Church) as much as possible so the Church truly belongs to each culture. There's no reason to put a church in a "cultural straightjacket" and try to make one culture submit to another culture when the message is essential, not the language of the service or the sound of the music. Orthodox missionaries have made many societies literate (the Aleuts for example in this book) as well as others like Russians, Serbs, Bulgarians, etc.

One area I must disagree with the previous reviewer is his assessment that Orthodoxy is just as fractured as Protestantism. This simply isn't true. While different "brands" of Orthodoxy (and I use the word "brands" very loosely) may have disagreements with each other over certain things, it could be compared to brothers bickering. They might have some disagreements, but they are still one big family. As an Orthodox Christian, I can commune in any Orthodox Church, no matter if it is preceded by "Greek," "Russian," "Antiochian," "Serbian," "Romanian," etc. We still share one belief, one Faith, one Eucharist. Our disagreements are largely administrative and cultural, not theological. This is not true of Protestant churches that have massive doctrinal differences with each other.

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