LEADER 04425nam 2200733 450 001 996472057403316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99208-9 010 $a9786611992088 010 $a1-4426-7664-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442676640 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002039 035 $a(EBL)3255048 035 $a(OCoLC)923070040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301659 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226473 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301659 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263314 035 $a(PQKB)11165979 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601123 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255048 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671670 035 $a(DE-B1597)464606 035 $a(OCoLC)1013944188 035 $a(OCoLC)944178034 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442676640 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257374 035 $a(OCoLC)958562620 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002039 100 $a20160913h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLetters from heaven $epopular religion in Russia and Ukraine /$fedited by John-Paul Himka and Andriy Zayarnyuk 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9148-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction / $rZayarnyuk, Andriy / Himka, John-Paul -- $tDeath Ritual among Russian and Ukrainian Peasants: Linkages between the Living and the Dead / $rWorobec, Christine D. -- $tFolk Orthodoxy: Popular Religion in Contemporary Ukraine / $rKononenko, Natalie -- $tThe Miracle as Sign and Proof: 'Miraculous Semiotics' in the Medieval and Early Modern Ukrainian Mentality / $rHolyk, Roman -- $tSexuality and Gender in Early Modern Russian Orthodoxy: Sin and Virtue in Cultural Context / $rKivelson, Valerie A. -- $tThe Christian Sources of the Cult of St Paraskeva / $rLevin, Eve -- $tPopular Religion in the Time of Peter the Great / $rBushkovitch, Paul -- $tLetters from Heaven: An Encounter between the 'National Movement' and 'Popular Culture' / $rZayarnyuk, Andriy -- $tFor the Beauty of God's House: Notes on Icon Vestments and Decorations in the Ruthenian Church / $rSenyk, Sophia -- $t'Social' Elements in Ukrainian Icons of the Last Judgment through the Eighteenth Century / $rHimka, John-Paul -- $tBetween 'Popular' and 'Official': Akafisty Hymns and Marian Icons in Late Imperial Russia / $rShevzov, Vera -- $tContributors 330 $aLetters from Heaven features an international group of scholars investigating the place and function of ?popular? religion in Eastern Slavic cultures. The contributors examine popular religious practices in Russia and Ukraine from the middle ages to the present, considering the cultural contexts of death rituals, miracles, sin and virtue, cults of the saints, and icons. The collection not only fills a void in religious scholarship, but also responds to current theoretical challenges. Reflecting critically on the heuristic value of popular religion and on the concept of popular culture in general, Letters from Heaven is characterized by a shift of focus from churches, institutions, and theological discourse to the religious practices themselves and their interconnections with the culture, mentality, and social structures of the societies in question. 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. 606 $aReligion and culture$zUkraine 606 $aReligion and culture$zRussia 607 $aRussia$xReligion 607 $aUkraine$xReligion 607 $aRussia$xHistory 607 $aUkraine$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and culture 615 0$aReligion and culture 676 $a281.947 702 $aHimka$b John-Paul$f1949- 702 $aZayarnyuk$b Andriy$f1975- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996472057403316 996 $aLetters from heaven$92654136 997 $aUNISA