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The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace

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Description for The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.

Like many Americans, the Eastern Orthodox converts in this study are participants in what scholars today refer to as the "spiritual marketplace" or quest culture of expanding religious diversity and individual choice-making that marks the post-World War II American religious landscape.

In this highly readable ethnographic study, Slagle explores the ways in which converts, clerics, and lifelong church members use marketplace metaphors in describing and enacting their religious lives. Slagle conducted participant observation and formal semi-structured interviews in Orthodox churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jackson, Mississippi. Known among Orthodox Christians as the "Holy Land" of North American Orthodoxy, Pittsburgh offers ... Read more

Relatively few ethnographic studies have examined Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the United States, and Slagle's book fills a significant gap. This lucidly written book is an ideal selection for courses in the sociology and anthropology of religion, contemporary Christianity, and religious change. Scholars of Orthodox Christianity, as well as clerical and lay people interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, will find this book to be of great appeal.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875806709
SKU
V9780875806709
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About Amy Slagle
Amy Slagle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Reviews for The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace
"Amy Slagle's new ethnographic study on the dynamics of conversion to the Orthodox Church in the so-called spiritual marketplace is a welcome contribution illuminating the historian, sociologist, pastor, and theologian. " -Nicholas E. Denysenko, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Slagle's study is an important contribution to several fields. It adds significantly to the treatment of ... Read more

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