TY - BOOK ID - 3046255 TI - Letters from heaven : popular religion in Russia and Ukraine AU - Himka, John-Paul AU - Zayarnyuk, Andriy PY - 2006 SN - 0802091482 9780802091482 9786611992088 1442676647 1281992089 9781442676640 9781281992086 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Religion and culture KW - -Religion and culture KW - -269*2 KW - Culture and religion KW - Culture KW - Volksreligie. Volksgodsdienstigheid KW - Orthodox Eastern Church KW - -Orthodox Eastern Church KW - -Eastern Orthodox Church KW - Pravoslavnai︠a︡ vostochnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ KW - Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church KW - Holy Orthodox Eastern Catholic and Apostolic Church KW - Greek Church KW - Orthodoxos Katholikē Ekklēsia KW - Orthodoxos Katholikē kai Anatolikē Ekklēsia KW - Kanīsah al-Sharqīyah KW - Tung cheng chiao KW - Kanīsat al-Masīḥ al-Sharqīyah al-Urthudhuksīyah KW - Biserica Ortodoxă KW - .كنيسة الشرقية الارثوذكسية KW - History. KW - Russia KW - -Ukraine KW - Religion. KW - Religion et culture KW - Église orthodoxe KW - Histoire. KW - Ukraine KW - Russie KW - -History. KW - 269*2 Volksreligie. Volksgodsdienstigheid KW - 269*2 KW - Rossīi︠a︡ KW - Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ KW - Russia (Provisional government, 1917) KW - Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) KW - Russland KW - Ṛusastan KW - Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) KW - Russian Empire KW - Rosja KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3046255 AB - Letters 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. ER -