Letters from heaven: popular religion in Russia and Ukraine

Death ritual among Russian and Ukrainian peasants : linkages between the living and the dead / Christine D. Worobec -- Folk orthodoxy popular religion in contemporary Ukraine / Natalie Kononenko -- The miracle as sign and proof : 'miraculous semiotics' in the medieval and early modern Ukr...

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Contributors: Himka, John-Paul 1949- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Toronto [u.a.] University of Toronto Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rússia / Ukraine / Religião / Vida religiosa
Further subjects:B Orthodox Eastern Church History Ukraine
B Religion and culture Ukraine
B Coletânea de artigos
B Orthodox Eastern Church History Russia
B Église orthodoxe Histoire Ukraine
B Religion and culture (Russia)
B Religion and culture Russia
B Ukraine History
B Russie Religião
B Orthodox Eastern Church (Ukraine) History
B Russia Religião
B Ukraine Histoire
B Ukraine Religião
B Église orthodoxe Histoire Russie
B Orthodox Eastern Church (Russia) History
B Religion et culture Ukraine
B Religion et culture Russie
B Russia History
B Russie Histoire
B Religion and culture (Ukraine)
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Summary:Death ritual among Russian and Ukrainian peasants : linkages between the living and the dead / Christine D. Worobec -- Folk orthodoxy popular religion in contemporary Ukraine / Natalie Kononenko -- The miracle as sign and proof : 'miraculous semiotics' in the medieval and early modern Ukrainian mentality / Roman Holyk -- Sexuality and gender in early modern Russian orthodoxy : sin and virtue in cultural context / Valerie A. Kivelson -- The Christian sources of the cult of St Paraskeva / Eve Levin -- Popular religion in the time of Peter the Great / Paul Bushkovitch -- Letters from heaven : an encounter between the 'national movement' and 'popular culture' / Andriy Zayarnyuk -- For the beauty of God's house : notes on icon vestments and decorations in the Ruthenian Church / Sophia Senyk -- 'Social' elements in Ukrainian icons of the Last Judgment through the eighteenth century / John-Paul Himka -- Between 'popular' and 'official' : akafisty hymns and Marian icons in late imperial Russia / Vera Shevzov
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0802091482