Praying with the Senses - 9780253031655

Praying with the SensesContemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice\nAuthor(s): Sonja Luehrmann, Tom Boylston, Jeffers Engelhardt, Jeanne Kormina, Simion Pop, Daria Dubovka, Angie Heo, Vlad Naumescu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253031655, 978-0253031655\nSynopsis\nHow do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? Sonja Luehrmann and an international group of scholars assess how sensory experience shapes prayer and ritual practice among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Prayer, even when performed privately, is considered as a shared experience and act that links individuals and personal beliefs with a broader, institutional, or imagined faith community. It engages with material, visual, and aural culture including icons, relics, candles, pilgrimage, bells, and architectural spaces. Whether touching upon the use of icons in age of digital and electronic m.