Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Eastern Orthodox Spirituality in Practice
Cover -- Praying with the Senses -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Senses of Prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity -- Part I. Senses -- 1 Becoming Orthodox: The Mystery and Mastery of a Christian Tradition -- A Missionary Primer -- 2 Listening and the Sacram...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Orthodox Church
/ Christian life
/ Prayer
/ Senses
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| Further subjects: | B
Prayer-Orthodox Eastern Church
B Senses and sensation-Religious aspects-Orthodox Eastern Church B Electronic books |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Cover -- Praying with the Senses -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Senses of Prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity -- Part I. Senses -- 1 Becoming Orthodox: The Mystery and Mastery of a Christian Tradition -- A Missionary Primer -- 2 Listening and the Sacramental Life: Degrees of Mediation in Greek Orthodox Christianity -- Creating an Image for Prayer -- 3 Imagining Holy Personhood: Anthropological Thresholds of the Icon -- Syriac as a Lingua Sacra: Speaking the Language of Christ in India -- 4 Authorizing: The Paradoxes of Praying by the Book -- Part II. Worlds -- 5 Inhabiting Orthodox Russia: Religious Nomadism and the Puzzle of Belonging -- Baraka: Mixing Muslims, Christians, and Jews -- 6 Sharing Space: On the Publicity of Prayer, between an Ethiopian Village and the Rest of the World -- Prayers for Cars, Weddings, and Well-Being: Orthodox Prayers En Route in Syria -- 7 Struggling Bodies at the Crossroads of Economy and Tradition: The Case of Contemporary Russian Convents -- Competing Prayers for Ukraine -- 8 Orthodox Revivals: Prayer, Charisma, and Liturgical Religion -- Epilogue: Not-Orthodoxy/Orthodoxy's Others -- Glossary -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (277 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-03167-9 |
