Eastern Orthodoxy glaringly absent from Logos?
I was wondering if it was known why there is such a vacuum of material on the Eastern Orthodox Church in Logos? While the Church Fathers through Gregory the Great are available, and a major source for Eastern Orthodoxy, and two books by Daniel Clendenin are available, there is nearly nothing else that I have been able to find.
The Orthodox Study Bible, the Philokalia, books by Fathers after the end of the series like St. Maximus the Confessor, Simeon the New Theologian or Gregory Palamas, to name a few. Also, there are contemporary authors like Bishop Kallistos Ware, Vladmir Lossky, Alexander Schmeman, etc.
I know that there are often publisher concerns when Logos is unable to get certain books. But certainly some of the Easter Fathers after the 6th century are available in some form? It may be that there has not been a demand. If so, let me say that I would really like to see Logos' library be supplemented this way. As someone who has a deep respect and enjoyment for reading from the Eastern Christian authors, I can say with confidence I would buy a collection offering titles by Orthodox authors (provided I didn't already own the hardbacks).
Is there anything in the works in this area?
Thanks!
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Never mind, I found it on the page Alabama told me about a couple of days ago and which I hadn't had time to check out yet. Unfortunately, however, clicking on the link takes me to an Amazon.com page where it costs $7.49, not $3.99...
No, wait, the Canadian link seems to actually be $3.99, and the Canadian dollar even seems to be slightly cheaper than the US one. The question, then, is if I'm allowed to buy from Amazon.ca. The UK page says I have to buy Kindle books from the US.
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While we are waiting for Logos to get it the Orthodox study Bible is only 3.99 on Kindle Today.
Doesn't seem like I'll be able to get this.[:'(] When I log in, amazon.ca calls me a "US customer" ([8o|]) and refuses to let me buy, while amazon.com quotes me a higher price because I'm not a US customer. They could at least make up their mind...
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I promise I won't make a post for every new book, but since we're just building up our Orthodox library (and for those interested), we now have Scripture and Tradition by Edith M. Humphrey (an Orthodox Christian) available on pre-pub.
It's probably not necessary to inform us that The Orthodox Church is, in fact, Orthodox, but for books like this I'm very grateful for the information. Baker Academic, neutral title, unknown author, posted on the same day as nearly two dozen other books, and on top of that with a marketing error that made it seem like there was no prepub discount at all... -- I doubt I would have noticed it without your tip (and even with that I choose to ignore it until I found out that there actually was a discount after all, in spite of appearances).
Wonderful quote, btw: "as Jaroslav Pelikan noted many years ago, ‘Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.’" I might put that in my signature some day.[:)]
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and on top of that with a marketing error that made it seem like there was no prepub discount at all...
Gabe, you should check up on that book of yours. They have fixed nearly all the other errors, but not for 'your' book: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/70208/488892.aspx#488892.
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If the final volume of the Philokalia is ever released perhaps they will get enough interest to release the set in electronic format.
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