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Standing in God's Holy Fire - The Byzantine Tradition by Fr. John McGuckin A fascinating exploration of the roots of Byzantine Christianity. The Byzantine tradition -- Christian culture that arose in the eastern part of the Roman Empire -- fed the rise of Orthodoxy in the Greek and Slavic worlds. Today, thirst for authentic spirituality attracts new interest in the Byzantine tradition's taste for beauty, science of prayer, and emphasis on the quest for holiness. About the author:  Fr. John Anthony McGuckin is a priest of the Romanian Church and is a professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary and professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York. He is a graduate of the University of London and holds a doctorate from the University of Durham. He is the author of numerous books and articles in scholarly journals. His wife Eileen is a well-known iconographer. [via]