A couple of my long-standing interests recently came together in a very unhappy way. My current book project concerns the Byzantine iconoclasm crisis, and (by means of the icon connection) that speaks to my enthusiasm for Russia and its historic culture and faith. At the same time, I am...

Many modern words that we use for various areas of study and knowledge find their roots in Greek words. The term “theology” is no different. Image via Pixabay As a suffix, “-logy” means “the study of.” It itself comes from the Greek word “logos,” which Christians will recognize as...