"These essays advance the understanding of Eastern Orthodox spiritual practices from a religious studies perspective."— Reading ReligionHow do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? In this book, 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 ...

U.S.S.A.It happened without warning. A media blackout, a military coup, and suddenly the U.S.A. had become the U.S.S.A.—the United Secure States of America. Whatever they called it, it was still a police state. Overnight, rock music was banned, movies were censored and outspoken teachers began to vanish. Soon, any person who dared question the new authorities was in danger as well.BOOK IEddie Ludlow was just a regular high school student in a small Ohio town, but he...