Vera Shevzov

Rethinking Gender in Orthodox Christianity

Theology

“This timely volume offers voices on a wide array of topics concerning religion and gender from the often-overlooked minority communities of Eastern Orthodox Christians (broadly conceived) in North America and Europe. Tapping sources that inform ‘tradition’—historical, scriptural, hagiographical, liturgical, and theological texts, as well as lived experience—these essays challenge the historically conditioned, preservationist instincts of Orthodox Christianity’s hieratical and patriarchal traditionalism concerning gender norms.”

Understanding World Christianity

History & Biography

“Agadjanian and Kenworthy masterfully produced both a readable survey for students and a critically-nuanced, interpretive study for the more advanced specialist--all under one cover. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book is multi-layered, shedding light as much on political and institutional features of Russian Orthodoxy as on its lived, devotional, and theological dimensions. Groundbreaking in its overturning of numerous persistent stereotypes, the book challenges readers to consider the internal diversity of 'Russian Christianity' as an institution, lived tradition, and identity marker.”