Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice

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Acknowledgments · vii Introduction: The Senses of Prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity / Sonja Luehrmann · 1 Part I. Senses 1 Becoming Orthodox: The Mystery and Mastery of a Christian Tradition / Vlad Naumescu · 29 A Missionary Primer / Ioann Veniaminov · 55 2 Listening and the Sacramental Life: Degrees of Mediation in Greek Orthodox Christianity / Jeffers Engelhardt · 58 Creating an Image for Prayer / Sonja Luehrmann · 81 3 Imagining Holy Personhood: Anthropological Thresholds of the Icon / Angie Heo · 83 Syriac as a Lingua Sacra: Speaking the Language of Christ in India / Vlad Naumescu · 103 4 Authorizing: The Paradoxes of Praying by the Book / Sonja Luehrmann · 120 Part II. Worlds 5 Inhabiting Orthodox Russia: Religious Nomadism and the Puzzle of Belonging / Jeanne Kormina · 143 Baraka: Mixing Muslims, Christians, and Jews / Angie Heo · 163 6 Sharing Space: On the Publicity of Prayer, between an Ethiopian Village and the Rest of the World / Tom Boylston · 165 Prayers for Cars, Weddings, and Well-Being: Orthodox Prayers En Route in Syria / Andreas Bandak · 183 7 Struggling Bodies at the Crossroads of Economy and Tradition: The Case of Contemporary Russian Convents / Daria Dubovka · 192 Competing Prayers for Ukraine / Sonja Luehrmann · 213 8 Orthodox Revivals: Prayer, Charisma, and Liturgical Religion / Simion Pop · 216 Epilogue: NotOrthodoxy/ Orthodoxy’s Others William A. Christian Jr. · 242 Glossary · 253 Index · 259