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Dolly’s theology was love
Seeing Christ’s image in Orthodox women
Ashley Marie Purpura explores the Eastern church’s androcentrism—and finds resources to counter it from within the tradition.
The other Eastern churches
More than 60 million of the world’s Christians are members of churches that have been around since Chalcedon—and rejected it.
by Philip Jenkins
I kept quiet about my faith for fear of embarrassment. Then I read Anne Lamott, and suddenly I wasn't so alone.
by Shawnthea Monroe
Orthodoxy's roots in Egypt and Ethiopia are ancient. In East Africa there is a younger movement: a native Orthodoxy, locally grown.
by Lois Malcolm