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Letters from Heaven
Popular Religion in Russia and Ukraine
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Edited by:
John-Paul Himka
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English
Published/Copyright:
2006
About this book
An important contribution to the fields of religion and Eastern Slavic studies, this volume challenges readers to rethink old pieties and to reconsider the function of religion.
Author / Editor information
Himka John-Paul :
John-Paul Himka is a professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.Zayarnyuk Andriy :
Andriy Zayarnyuk is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg.
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Catherine Wanner, Journal of Ukrainian Studies 33-34: 2008-2009:
‘The book offers a rich and detailed potarit of informal religious life and how beliefs became manifest in practice particularly in provincial and rural areas. This volume will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, folklorists, and anyone interested in religious practice in the East Slavic regions.’
‘The book offers a rich and detailed potarit of informal religious life and how beliefs became manifest in practice particularly in provincial and rural areas. This volume will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, folklorists, and anyone interested in religious practice in the East Slavic regions.’
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Death Ritual among Russian and Ukrainian Peasants: Linkages between the Living and the Dead
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Folk Orthodoxy: Popular Religion in Contemporary Ukraine
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The Miracle as Sign and Proof: ‘Miraculous Semiotics’ in the Medieval and Early Modern Ukrainian Mentality
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Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Russian Orthodoxy: Sin and Virtue in Cultural Context
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The Christian Sources of the Cult of St Paraskeva
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Popular Religion in the Time of Peter the Great
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Letters from Heaven: An Encounter between the ‘National Movement’ and ‘Popular Culture’
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For the Beauty of God’s House: Notes on Icon Vestments and Decorations in the Ruthenian Church
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‘Social’ Elements in Ukrainian Icons of the Last Judgment through the Eighteenth Century
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Between ‘Popular’ and ‘Official’: Akafisty Hymns and Marian Icons in Late Imperial Russia
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Contributors
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December 1, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9781442676640
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304
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9781442676640
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
