{"product_id":"praying-with-the-senses-contemporary-orthodox-christian-spirituality-in-practice-paperback-softback-9780253031662","title":"Praying with the Senses; Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253031662","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePraying with the Senses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSonja Luehrmann (Edited by), Tom Boylston (Contributions by), Jeffers Engelhardt (Contributions by), Jeanne Kormina (Contributions by), Simion Pop (Contributions by), Daria Dubovka (Contributions by), Angie Heo (Contributions by), Vlad Naumescu (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253031662\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e278 pages, 15 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.376 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These essays advance the understanding of Eastern Orthodox spiritual practices from a religious studies perspective, and they will likely stimulate new directions for research and teaching in this largely neglected area.\"—\u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This collection could well be a principal text in courses on contemporary spirituality and church life. And equally it could be used for retreats and for personal spiritual reading as well. It is a welcome addition to other fine work that explores popular spirituality.\"—\u003ci\u003eSt. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]he contributors to this volume offer a number of valuable insights into questions of personhood, mediation, tradition, authority, publicity, intimacy, belonging, and the theological valences we attach to the human sensorium. Their collective labor demonstrates that Eastern Christianity is rich soil for anthropological inquiry from a number of vantage-points and for a host of theoretical interests.\"—\u003ci\u003eAnthroCyBib\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A well-documented, interdisciplinary examination of devotional practices, rituals, and understandings of prayer in contemporary lived forms of Eastern Christianity across a wide variety of traditions, including Coptic, Ethiopian, Greek, Indian, Russian, Syrian, and Ukranian. These essays define the phenomenon of prayer broadly in both its private and collective liturgical dimensions.\"—Vera Shevzov, author of Russian Orthodoxy on the Eve of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \"Precisely by looking at so varied a group of locations home to Orthodox practice, this book conveys the fragility—and durability—of traditional religion in a postmodern, secular age.\"—Nadieszda Kizenko, author of A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People\u003cbr\u003e \"This volume is as enriching as it is ground-breaking. It will definitely be a companion to students of religion and Eastern Orthodoxy from various disciplines, complementing the theological and historical approaches to Eastern Christianity.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Orthodox Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? Sonja Luehrmann and an international group of scholars assess how sensory experience shapes prayer and ritual practice among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Prayer, even when performed privately, is considered as a shared experience and act that links individuals and personal beliefs with a broader, institutional, or imagined faith community. It engages with material, visual, and aural culture including icons, relics, candles, pilgrimage, bells, and architectural spaces. Whether touching upon the use of icons in age of digital and electronic media, the impact of Facebook on prayer in Ethiopia, or the implications of praying using recordings, amplifiers, and loudspeakers, these timely essays present a sophisticated overview of the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianities. Taken as a whole they reveal prayer as a dynamic phenomenon in the devotional and ritual lives of Eastern Orthodox believers across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Senses of Prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity \/ Sonja LuehrmannPart I: Senses\u003cbr\u003e 1. Becoming Orthodox: The Mystery and Mastery of a Christian Tradition \/ Vlad Naumescu\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Missionary Primer \/ Ioann Veniaminov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Listening and the Sacramental Life: Degrees of Mediation in Greek Orthodox Christianity \/ Jeffers Engelhardt\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCreating an Image for Prayer \/ Sonja Luehrmann\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e3. Imagining Holy Personhood: Anthropological Thresholds of the Icon \/ Angie Heo\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSyriac as a \u003c\/i\u003elingua sacra: \u003ci\u003eSpeaking the Language of Christ in India \/ Vlad Naumescu\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e4. Authorizing: The Paradoxes of Praying by the Book \/ Sonja Luehrmann\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Worlds\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inhabiting Orthodox Russia: Religious Nomadism and the Puzzle of Belonging \/ Jeanne Kormina\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBaraka: Mixing Muslims, Christians, and Jews \/ Angie Heo\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e6. Sharing Space: On the Publicity of Prayer, between an Ethiopian Village and the Rest of the World \/ Tom Boylston\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrayers for Cars, Weddings, and Well-Being: Orthodox Prayers en route in Syria \/ Andreas Bandak\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e7. Struggling Bodies at the Crossroads of Economy and Tradition: The Case of Contemporary Russian Convents \/ Daria Dubovka\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompeting Prayers for Ukraine \/ Sonja Luehrmann\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e8. Orthodox Revivals: Prayer, Charisma, and Liturgical Religion \/ Simion Pop\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Not-Orthodoxy\/Orthodoxy's Others \/ William A. Christian Jr.\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702127816984,"sku":"9780253031662","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/praying-with-the-senses-contemporary-orthodox-christian-spirituality-in-practice-paperback-softback-9780253031662","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}