Letters from heaven  popular religion in Russia and Ukraine /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by John-Paul Himka and Andriy Zayarnyuk. 
 - Toronto ;  Buffalo :  University of Toronto Press,  c2006. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 277 p.) :  ill., ports. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Death ritual among Russian and Ukrainian peasants : linkages between the living and the dead / Christine D. Worobec -- Folk orthodoxy popular religion in contemporary Ukraine / Natalie Kononenko -- The miracle as sign and proof : 'miraculous semiotics' in the medieval and early modern Ukrainian mentality / Roman Holyk -- Sexuality and gender in early modern Russian orthodoxy : sin and virtue in cultural context / Valerie A. Kivelson -- The Christian sources of the cult of St Paraskeva / Eve Levin -- Popular religion in the time of Peter the Great / Paul Bushkovitch -- Letters from heaven : an encounter between the 'national movement' and 'popular culture' / Andriy Zayarnyuk -- For the beauty of God's house : notes on icon vestments and decorations in the Ruthenian Church / Sophia Senyk -- 'Social' elements in Ukrainian icons of the Last Judgment through the eighteenth century / John-Paul Himka -- Between 'popular' and 'official' : akafisty hymns and Marian icons in late imperial Russia / Vera Shevzov. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442676640 (electronic bk.) 1442676647 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Orthodox Eastern Church--History.--Russia<br/>Orthodox Eastern Church--History.--Ukraine<br/>Église orthodoxe--Histoire.--Russie<br/>Église orthodoxe--Histoire.--Ukraine
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and culture--Russia.<br/>Religion and culture--Ukraine.<br/>Religion et culture--Russie.<br/>Religion et culture--Ukraine.<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia--Religion.<br/>Ukraine--Religion.<br/>Russia--History.<br/>Ukraine--History.<br/>Russie--Religion.<br/>Ukraine--Religion.<br/>Russie--Histoire.<br/>Ukraine--Histoire.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX485  / .L48 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>281.9/47