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Letters from heaven, popular religion in Russia and Ukraine, edited by John-Paul Himka and Andriy Zayarnyuk

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Letters from heaven, popular religion in Russia and Ukraine, edited by John-Paul Himka and Andriy Zayarnyuk

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

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no index present

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non fiction

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Letters from heaven

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bibliography

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70266662

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edited by John-Paul Himka and Andriy Zayarnyuk

Sub title

popular religion in Russia and Ukraine

Table Of Contents

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

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