This important series makes the riches of the Christian spiritual tradition available to a contemporary public. Each title introduces the key themes and values of one of the major traditions of the spirituality, and draws out their relevance for the modern-day reader.

The spirituality of the Christian East is often identified with beautiful icons, elaborate liturgy, a way of perception as deification, and the vision of God as light. But martyrdom is part and parcel of the Orthodox way, and its spirituality is profoundly marked by the reality of pain and tears. This fascinating study finds a deeper insight at the heart of Orthodox tradition: the idea of imperfection as the only way of salvation.

Light though Darkness serves as the ideal introduction to an understanding of the Orthodox tradition, whether early, Byzantine, medieval or comtemporary, and in whichever of its cultural and national expressions.

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