{"product_id":"9781609090289","title":"The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace: American Conversions to Orthodox Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike many Americans, the Eastern Orthodox converts in this study are\u003cbr\u003e participants in what scholars today refer to as the “spiritual marketplace”\u003cbr\u003e or quest culture of expanding religious diversity and individual choice-\u003cbr\u003e making that marks the post-World War II American religious landscape.\u003cbr\u003e In this highly readable ethnographic study, Slagle explores the ways in\u003cbr\u003e which converts, clerics, and lifelong church members use marketplace\u003cbr\u003e metaphors in describing and enacting their religious lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlagle conducted participant observation and formal semi-structured\u003cbr\u003e interviews in Orthodox churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and\u003cbr\u003e Jackson, Mississippi. Known among Orthodox Christians as the “Holy\u003cbr\u003e Land” of North American Orthodoxy, Pittsburgh offers an important\u003cbr\u003e context for exploring the interplay of Orthodox Christianity with the\u003cbr\u003e mainstreams of American religious life. Slagle’s second round of research\u003cbr\u003e in Jackson sheds light on the American Bible Belt where over the past\u003cbr\u003e thirty years the Orthodox Church in America has marshaled significant\u003cbr\u003e resources to build mission parishes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelatively few ethnographic studies have examined Eastern Orthodox\u003cbr\u003e Christianity in the United States, and Slagle’s book fills a significant gap.\u003cbr\u003e This lucidly written book is an ideal selection for courses in the sociology\u003cbr\u003e and anthropology of religion, contemporary Christianity, and religious\u003cbr\u003e change. Scholars of Orthodox Christianity, as well as clerical and lay\u003cbr\u003e people interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, will find this book to be of\u003cbr\u003e great appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130195558640,"sku":"9781609090289","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609090289_p0.jpg?v=1763835321","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609090289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}