< p>When author and theologian John P. Burgess first travelled to Russia, he was hoping to expand his theological horizons and explore the rebirth of the Orthodox Church since the fall of Communism. But what he found changed some fundamental assumptions about his own tradition of North American Protestantism. In this book, Burgess looks to Orthodoxy to help the North American Protestant church—which has seen membership decline to below 50% of the population for the first time—find new ways to worship, teach, and spread its message. He considers Orthodox rituals, icons, the attention to saints and miracles, monastic life, and Eucharistic theology and practice. He then explores whether and how Protestants can use these elements of Orthodoxy to help revitalize the mainline church. Burgess helpfully demonstrates the ways in which Orthodoxy calls us back to what is most important in Christian faith and life.

John P. Burgess is the James Henry Snowden Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian ChurchJohn P. Burgess has taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary since 1998, where he is the James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology. He has received grants from the Fulbright Program, the Center of Theological Inquiry, and the Henry Luce III Foundation. His books include Why Scripture Matters, After Baptism, and Encounters with Orthodoxy. Of special interest to him are Reformed theology and issues of religion and nation. (U.S.A.), he is the author of Why Scripture Matters: Reading the Bible in a Time of Church Crisis and After Baptism: Shaping the Christian Life, both published by WJK.

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