In the Orthodox Christian faith the elements of liturgy, scripture, hymnody, and iconography are the instruments or "voices" of a melody of faith. Here Vigen Guroian presents the fundamental beliefs of Orthodox Christianity through the metaphor of music. Often drawing on his personal religious experience, Guroian weaves together the themes of creation and new creation, beginning and end, sin and holiness, Incarnation and deification, sacrifice and salvation. Guroian explores the dogmatic foundation of this rich faith in ...
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In the Orthodox Christian faith the elements of liturgy, scripture, hymnody, and iconography are the instruments or "voices" of a melody of faith. Here Vigen Guroian presents the fundamental beliefs of Orthodox Christianity through the metaphor of music. Often drawing on his personal religious experience, Guroian weaves together the themes of creation and new creation, beginning and end, sin and holiness, Incarnation and deification, sacrifice and salvation. Guroian explores the dogmatic foundation of this rich faith in six chapters, or "movements." Through discussing Syrian, Armenian, Byzantine, and Russian iconography and Gospel illuminations -- illustrated by icons and Armenian miniatures -- he further reveals how Orthodox Christianity expresses theology as much in art as through language. As a whole, Guroian's Melody of Faith beautifully captures the spirit of Orthodox Christianity and takes readers to the theological heart of the Orthodox faith.
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New. Eastern Orthodoxy draws no clear lines between music and poetry, words and images, theology and worship. These elements join together to 'chorus the melody of faith'-a melody whose notes echo harmoniously in these six luminous essays. Guroian guides us from Creation to Resurrection, from Advent to Second Coming, by exploring selected icons, hymns, scriptural passages, and the cosmic movements of the Divine Liturgy itself. Often drawing upon his Armenian Orthodox heritage, Guroian infuses freshness into familiar themes with his choice of imagery: a crucifixion scene from an Armenian manuscript that 'reinforces the impression that the flesh and the wood are one, ' a soaring diaconal verse announcing the Great Entrance ('Cast up a highway for him who rides upon the heaven of heavens toward the east'). Yet Guroian admittedly writes 'as a Westerner': he weaves favorite passages from C. S. Lewis and J. S. Bach into his text, and reacts to discordant notes (especially on the atonement) struck by Augustine, Anselm, and filmmaker Mel Gibson in particular. Guroian's melody resounds most poignantly when it becomes personal, recalling 'experiences in which images of faith have come alive for me. Through song and the veneration of icons. each person who participates in the liturgy becomes a liturgist, a consecrator and transformer of this profane world into sacred reality. '
