Now available: The Friends of Mount Athos are pleased to announce the publication of Holy Mountains, Holy Men: The Spirituality of Mount Athos. This important collection of papers contains the proceedings of the Eleventh Madingley Hall Conference held by the Friends in Cambridge, October 2024.
Mount Athos is often referred to as the centre of Orthodox spirituality, and so it has been for over a thousand years. Each paper in this collection focuses on a turning point in the spiritual history of the Mountain. Some of the names mentioned may be unfamiliar, but that is because monks do not seek to publicize their activities. They are humble men who devote themselves to prayer. And yet their influence is often immense with repercussions that impact the whole of Christendom. Such is the significance of Mount Athos for the world. The book contains full bibliographical references and an index and it stands in the well-established series of such publications by the Friends. The chapters in the book follow roughly chronological order and cover such themes as the holy mountains of Asia Minor, the arrival of Saint Athanasios on Athos, the hesychast controversy of the fourteenth century, the publication of the Philokalia in the eighteenth century, Russian saints of the nineteenth century, saints of the twentieth-century Athonite revival, and the impact of Athonite thinking on Orthodox theology today. The book is edited by Dr Graham Speake, and its contributors include Dr Rosemary Morris, Prof Dr Zachary Chitwood, Prof Norman Russell, The Very Rev Archimandrite Maximos Constas, Dr Nicholas Fennell, Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff, and Dr Graham Speake. Peter Lang Publishing Ltd. 2025; paperback 141 pages, including 20 preliminary pages; ISBN: 978-1-80374-971-6.
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