Book Panel: Eastern Catholic Theology in Action: Essays in Liturgy, Spirituality and Ecclesiology (Catholic University of America Press, 2024)

Eastern Catholicism offers unique vistas and vantage points in regard to the landscape of Orthodox and Catholic Christianities. Their historic witness in arenas of civic turmoil and their abiding commitment to unity despite repeated misunderstanding and mistreatment by the Roman Catholic Church present a research field worth cultivating in its own right. Eastern Catholic Theology in Action: Essays in Liturgy, Spirituality and Ecclesiology, the inaugural volume in the new series "Eastern Catholic Studies," from Catholic University of America Press, aims to open up this conversation through attention to salient themes in theology, history, and canonical discipline. A pre-arranged panel featuring editors, contributors and respondents will introduce the volume and explore future pathways, including the prospect of a new unit in the Academy. The conversation will feature volume editor Andrew Summerson (University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto/Lumen Christi Institute, Chicago); series editor and contributor Yury P. Avvakumov (Notre Dame), contributor Khaled Anatolios (Notre Dame) along with Ashley Purpura (Purdue University) and Jaisy Joseph (Villanova University). Among themselves, the panelists represent a spectrum of Eastern Catholic traditions (Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Melkite and Syro-Malabar) as well as Greek Orthodoxy.