{"product_id":"bodies-like-bright-stars-9780875804095","title":"Bodies like Bright Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring patterns of popular devotion to the cult of the saints in both late imperial and early Soviet Russia, this title argues for an interpretation of Orthodoxy as a proactive faith grounded in the needs and realities of everyday life. It is of interest to Russian historians, anthropologists, and scholars of religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readable and witty. Integrating western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, Imperial officials, and Bolsheviks - from the most mundane level to Lenin himself.\" - Roy R. Robson, University of the Science in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Problem of Incorruptibility \u003cbr\u003e 2. Going to See the Saints: Miracles, Shrines, and Relics \u003cbr\u003e 3. Making Saints: Canonization and Community \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Revolution and the Saints \u003cbr\u003e 5. Toppling the Saints from Their Thrones: The Bolshevik Exhumation of Holy Relics \u003cbr\u003e 6. Relics in Red Russia: Orthodox Responses to the Exhumation Campaign \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue and Conclusion: The Passing of the Saints? \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406420255063,"sku":"9780875804095","price":37.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875804095.jpg?v=1730495736","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bodies-like-bright-stars-9780875804095","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}