Praying with the Senses - Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice (Paperback)

How 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.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2018
First published:	2017
Editors:	Sonja Luehrmann
Contributors:	Tom Boylston • Jeffers Engelhardt • Jeanne Kormina • Simion Pop • Daria Dubovka • Angie Heo • Vlad Naumescu • William Christian • Andreas Bandak
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-03166-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Christianity > Christian Worship Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
LSN:	0-253-03166-4
Barcode:	9780253031662

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