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Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

First published in 1975, this book by Father Seraphim Rose examines a spiritual current he saw drawing many modern people away from traditional Christianity. He traces the outline of an emerging religion of the future, a blend of ecumenism, New Age thinking and occult interests, and argues that its ideas amount to a rejection of the historic faith. Rose sets these trends against the teaching of the Orthodox Church, presenting Orthodoxy as the true and unchanging witness to Christ. Along the way he considers eschatology and the end times, and the dangers he believed the modern world faced when it turned from God. Written as a polemic with conviction, the book speaks to Christians looking for firm ground.

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