Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice

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