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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Main Author: Luehrmann, Sonja (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Orthodox Church / Christian life / Prayer / Senses
Further subjects:B Prayer-Orthodox Eastern Church
B Senses and sensation-Religious aspects-Orthodox Eastern Church
B Electronic books
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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.
ISBN:0253031672