Eastern Christian Books

I am greatly looking forward to reading this new study which will begin filling a very considerable gap in the literature on conversion: Pr...

One of the tasks I face with my students when looking at the history of Orthodox-Muslim encounters is to help them grasp the idea that one c...

We have seen a number of new books in the last five years or so treating both the sunset of the Ottoman Empire, and also the phenomenon of n...

We live in a time of regular "conversions" among Christians from one tradition to another--to say nothing of moving between Christ...

One of the unanswered, and unanswerable, questions in early Christian-Muslim encounters is how many people abandoned Christianity when it wa...

Last week I posted a review of Fr. Oliver's splendid new book. I had previously sent him some questions for an interview, and here are ...

I am delighted to read of the forthcoming book by the Orthodox priest and scholar Oliver Herbel, whom I met last year and some of whose scho...

As I noted recently, and have done so repeatedly on here, many Christians today migrate across traditions. In the last quarter-century, nume...

It has become rather common for people, especially in North America, to find themselves--to use Stanley Hauerwas' phrase--"ecclesia...

We still do not know enough about relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the late Ottoman Empire. In particular, we have conflic...

We are seeing an upsurge in books about Ottoman history, and that is a welcome development in all sorts of ways. Much remains to be studied...

Twice in as many years, I have heard lectures by Amy Slagle of the University of Southern Mississippi, and both were fascinating. Both were...