Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality, edited by Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura,and Aristotle Papanikolaou(Fordham University Press, November 2022).

A review in the form of an open letter by Dr. David C. Ford, Professor of Church History, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary to the editors and contributors. (Editor’s note: This long-form letter is edited slightly here for length.) I would also like to affirm at the start that I share with you your deep Read More …

From the Editor: New Books Received, and Readings on Traditional Orthodox Critiques of Modern Western Society

NEW BOOKS RECEIVEDGenesis, Creation, and Early Man, 3rd Edition, by Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, edited by Abbot Christian Damascene (Platina: St. Herman Press, 2025). $45. Out of print for a number of years in its earlier versions, the 3rd edition is now out in a beautifully well-illustrated (mainly with icons) version with some updates in the Read More …

Just War vs. Necessary War: Was Ivan Ilyin Right or a Fanatic?

By Priest Paul Siewers, Ph.D.Bucknell University O Lord save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; Grant victory to the Kings over the Barbarians, and by the virtue of Thy Cross preserve Thy Commonwealth. That early version of the familiar Troparion to the Cross expresses an Orthodox Christian view of symphonia between Church and State. This Read More …

Passions as Essential: The “Fordhamite” Project to Americanize Orthodoxy

By Priest Paul Siewers, Ph.D.Bucknell University Our golden arches do not represent our most troubling impact on other cultures; rather, it is how we are flattening the landscape of the human psyche itself. We are engaged in the grand project of Americanizing the world’s understanding of the human mind…. [I]n other places in the world, Read More …

Sobornost and ‘Sympathetic Comprehension’: St. Maria of Paris, Anna Julia Cooper, and Christ’s Second Love Command

By Rico Vitz, Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University             The depth of beauty is often concealed by the elegance with which it presents itself. This is true both of natural beauty and of moral beauty. It is also true of the spiritual beauty of Christ’s second love command: that is, the call to love one’s Read More …

Beyond Intellectual Dhimmitude: Orthodoxy and “The Jews”

Chris Humphrey, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: This article is part of a two-article Paideia Forum, designed to present differing perspectives on issues of note in Orthodox Christianity around the world. These pairings are not meant to equate the differing views or to question any aspects of Orthodox Tradition and Dogmatics. For the other article in this Read More …

The 50th Anniversary of Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future.  From “It’s a Small World” to the “Synagogue of Satan”: The Role of American Civil Religion in Global Apostasy

By Priest Paul Siewers, Ph.D.Bucknell University A recent book on former U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles displays an epic cover photo of him striding across an airport tarmac toward a plane, confidently bound for some diplomatic or covert mission against Communism, clad in a homburg hat and long coat, his uniform as a Read More …

Is it True That God Cannot Exist Outside Time? In Response to Three Popular Objections

By Vladimir ShokhinInstitute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences It was not until the mid-20th century with the provocative challenge from Charles Hartshorne (1948, 1984)[1] that the timelessness of God became a general topic of discussion in Western theology. St. Augustine had insisted that time was created with the world[2] and therefore cannot not be Read More …

The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God: An Orthodox Christian Perspective

By Paul Kingsnorth This is a transcript (lightly edited) of a talk by the award-winning novelist and Anglo-Irish Orthodox Christian Paul Kingsnorth at Bucknell University in Fall 2024. His talk addresses the relationship between Christianity and nature, and the title specifically invokes an obscured phrase in the U.S. Declaration of Independence.  The late Orthodox Christian Read More …