Shifting agency: male clergy, female believers, and the role of icons
In Eastern Orthodox traditions, an icon is a religious image, a depiction of a saint or a significant event. Icons are deployed by believers as symbols, teaching tools, and aids to concentration, but they can also function as social agents that decentralize authority normally concentrated in jurisdi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2011]
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Material religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 394-419 |
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Eastern Orthodoxy
B Authority B Icons B Women and religion B Gender B Russia |
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