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 | Gender
by Frederica Matheses-Green
Co.1
Gender provides a selection of Frederica's best writings on the subjects of men, women, sex, and feminism. Her original and thought-provoking insights are expressed in a style that is fresh, personal, and frequently humorous. She examines modern-day challenges from a perspective of ancient wisdom, as one who seeks to be deeply grounded in the faith of the early Christian Church.
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 | Contemporary Moral Issues Facing the Orthodox Christian
by Stanley S. Harakas
Co.2
Chapter topics include Astrology, the Occult, Women in Church,
Pornography, Abortion, Homosexuality, Divorce, Human Rights, Racism,
Capital Punishment, Ecology, Euthanasia, the donation of Organs after
Death, and many more.
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 | Icon of Spring
by Sonya Jason
Co.3
In this memoir of her childhood during the Depression, Jason, whose
parents came from Czechoslovakia, says, ``When I observe the easy
immigration today, I am sad at how little recognition there is for the
blood, sweat, and tears the crossing to America entailed for our
parents.'' During Jason's youth in Pennsylvania's coal-mining region,
money was scarce: the mine employing Jason's father and older brother
operated perhaps only once a week, and bank failure wiped out her
parents' savings. Older sisters left school to work as domestics in
Pittsburgh and to send home some of the dollar bills Jason's mother
carefully hoarded. Yet seen through the eyes of the child, life could
be surprising and colorful: snatching a forbidden look at a gypsy camp;
witnessing the shooting of a member of the mine's police; feeling a
sense of community at the wedding of an older sister or making her
first confession; encouraged by a kindly priest, who translated the
grandeur of the Eastern Orthodox church into simple love between God
and an eight-year-old girl. Jason's readable memoir preserves, from a
personal perspective, a small fragment of America that could otherwise
have been lost.
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 | More Spirited Than Lions
Sarah Elizabeth Cowie
Co.4
Orthodoxy is considered to be "the best kept secret in America." It is
the fastest-growing church in the United States. The beauty of Her
services, the longevity of Her Tradition, Her position as the original
Church, founded by our Lord Jesus Christ, are all highly attractive to
world-weary Westerners looking for depth and spiritual validity. And
yet this very Church now finds herself in a similar position in regards
to feminism as the Catholic and Episcopalian churches once were.
Inroads have already been made concerning liturgical language while
dialogue is being encouraged regarding "women's role in the church, "
especially in the question of women's ordination.
How the Church
answers this challenge, the decisions that will be made on all levels
-- personal, parish, diocese, national and international -- will effect
the life of the Church, spiritually and practically, for generations to
come.
At this critical juncture comes a critical book: an
examination of feminism from an Orthodox perspective. Based on years of
research, More Spirited Than Lions traces the historical development of
feminism, outlines its basic assumptions and beliefs, assesses its
contributions, and offers an Orthodox critique to the feminist
platform. Most importantly, it offers thoughts for an alternative
approach, namely the ideal of Christian womanhood, as found in the
Tradition of the Church.
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 | Beauty and Unity in Creation
by Gayle E. Woloschak
Co.5
With insight into science and scientific approaches, Beauty and Unity
in Creation brings the beauty of nature in focus, putting an Orthodox
perspective on scientific exploration. While exploring the subject of
evolution from an Orthodox perspective, this book actually locates the
place of man in the universe and defines man's relationship with the
rest of the living world.
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