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Focuses on the issue of Orthodoxy in the church in relation to the church's mission. Important elements of the definition of Orthodoxy and mission; Reluctance of the church to address issues questioning the orthodoxy of its practices and teachings; Association of church unity with the proclamation of the teachings of Jesus Christ which is the church's mission.

Focuses on the gap between eastern and western Christianity which is conceived as being respective attitudes of what is called modernity. Description of the mission of the Orthodox churches in ex-communist countries of eastern Europe; Differences in the postmodernism encountered by churches in the secularized western world and post-communist cultural framework; Identification of influences which affects the church; Historical information on the Orthodox churches.