{"product_id":"anthropologies-of-orthodox-christianity-theology-politics-ethics-paperback","title":"Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCandace Lukasik\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah Riccardi-Swartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAngie Heo\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthropologically explores the entanglement of theology and politics among contemporary Orthodox Christians \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the anthropological literature on Christianity tends to concentrate on Protestants and Catholics in the Global South. The contemporary scholarly interest in such communities descends from histories of missionization and colonization of these regions, as well as a sense of their theologi-cal kinship with the secularized visions of Western political and social life. Orthodox Christianity, however, has largely been rendered marginal in mainstream anthropological engagement because of its theological and social alterity from such Western anthropological traditions of knowledge production. Because of this, Orthodox Christian lifeworlds in and beyond the academy are cre-ated, contested, and transformed in relation to various \"others,\" whether they be religious, political, secular, or historical, with an eye toward a discursive opposition between modernity and Orthodoxy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the essays in \u003ci\u003eAnthropologies of Orthodox Christianity \u003c\/i\u003etexture a new trajectory in the study of this religious tradition that take seriously the theopolitical aspects of Orthodox life through anthropological inquiry. The volume engages and moves beyond the tension between populist and institutional framings of religion and critically addresses the ontological gap in both anthropology and theology as social, cultural, and geopolitical interest in Orthodox Christianity continues to expand and grow.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngie Heo (Afterword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngie Heo \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of the anthropology and sociology of religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Political Lives of Saints: Christian Muslim Mediation in Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (University of California Press, 2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandace Lukasik (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCandace Lukasik \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of religion and faculty affiliate in anthropology and Middle Eastern cultures at Mississippi State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMartyrs and Migrants: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoptic Christians and the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePersecution Politics of US Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press, 2025). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Riccardi-Swartz (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Riccardi-Swartz \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of religion and anthropology\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eat Northeastern University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBetween Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Russia: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligious Conversion and Political\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthority in Appalachia \u003c\/i\u003e(Fordham\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity Press, 2022).\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonja Thomas (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSonja Thomas \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Colby College. Her research examines the intersections of caste, race, gender, class, and religion in postcolonial India and the South Asian diaspora. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrivileged Minorities: Syrian Christianity, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGender, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Minority Rights in Postcolonial India\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written articles on education and Christian religious minorities in India, on South Asian American Christians, and on tap dance in the United States and globally. She is currently completing a manuscript on Indian missionary priests in the United States entitled \u003ci\u003eIndians and Cowboys: Race, Caste, and Indian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMissionary Priests in Rural America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691005382752,"sku":"9781531511982","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/FWHrv__DUE9781531511982.webp?v=1775814837","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/anthropologies-of-orthodox-christianity-theology-politics-ethics-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}