Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective

Sociocultural anthropologists have taken increasing interest in the global communities established by Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, but the many streams of Eastern Christianity have so far been neglected. Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective completes the literature. The essays in this pioneering collection examine the primary distinguishing features of the Eastern traditions-iconography, hymnology, ritual, and pilgrimage-through meticulous ethnographic analysis. Part...