The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range From Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles From Communist Russia.
The book concludes with an illuminating chapter on Metropolitan Kallistos and the theological vision of the Philokalia.
Many were neither priests nor bishops, but influential laymen.
Only some of them belong to the ranks of professional theologians.
Louth offers historical and biographical sketches that help us understand the thought and impact of these men and women.
The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range From Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles From Communist Russia