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1、thecambridgehistoryofEASTERNCHRISTIANITYThisvolumebringstogetherinonecompasstheOrthodoxchurchesoftheecumenicalpatriarchate–theRussian,Armenian,Ethiopian,EgyptianandSyrianchurches.ItfollowstheirfortunesfromthelateMiddleAgesuntilmoderntimes–exactlytheperiodwhentheirhistoryhasbeenmostneglected.
2、Inevitably,thisempha-sisesdifferencesinteachingsandexperience,butitalsobringsoutcommonthreads,mostnotablytheresiliencedisplayedinthefaceofalienandoftenhostilepoliticalregimes.ThecentralthemeofthisvolumeisthesurvivalagainsttheoddsofOrthodoxyinitsmanyformsintothemodernera.ThelastphaseofByzanti
3、umprovestohavebeensurprisinglyimportantinthissurvival.Itpro-videdOrthodoxywiththeintellectual,artisticandspiritualreservestomeetlaterchallenges.ThecontinuingvitalityoftheOrthodoxchurchesisevidentforexampleintheSundaySchoolMovementinEgyptandtheZoebrotherhoodinGreece.¨MichaelAngoldisaFellowoft
4、heRoyalHistoricalSocietyandisProfessorEmeritusofByzantineHistoryattheUniver-sityofEdinburgh.HismostrecentpublicationsincludeTheFourthCrusade:EventandContext(2003),Byzantium:TheBridgefromAntiq-uitytotheMiddleAges(2001)andChurchandSocietyinByzantiumundertheComneni,1081–1261(1995).CambridgeHist
5、oriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008thecambridgehistoryofCHRISTIANITYTheCambridgeHistoryofChristianityoffersacomprehensivechronologicalaccountofthedevelopmentofChristianityinallitsaspects–theological,intellectual,social,political,reg
6、ional,global–fromitsbeginningstothepresentday.Eachvolumemakesasub-stantialcontributioninitsownrighttothescholarshipofitsperiodandthecompleteHistoryconstitutesamajorworkofacademicreference.FarfrombeingmerelyahistoryofWesternEuropeanChristianityanditsoffshoots,theHistoryaimstoprovideaglobalper
7、spective.EasternandCopticChristianityaregivenfullconsider-ationfromtheearlyperiodonwards,andlater,African,FarEastern,NewWorld,SouthAsianandothernon-EuropeandevelopmentsinChristianityreceivepropercoverage.Thevolumescoverpopu-larpietyandnon-formalexp
