{"product_id":"9781880100639","title":"Faith \u0026 Humor","description":"A book that dares to explore the humanity of priests and pilgrims, saints and sinners, Faith \u0026amp; Humor has been both a runaway bestseller in Russia and the focus of heated controversy - as often happens when a thoughtful writer takes on sacred cows. The stories, aphorisms, anecdotes, dialogues and adventures in this volume comprise an encyclopedia of modern Russian Orthodoxy, and thereby of Russian life.\u003cp\u003eFaith \u0026amp; Humor caused a sensation when it was published in Russia. As Kucherskaya writes in her introduction, \"At one convent, the book was burned at the stake. Meanwhile, at a Seminary in another small town, it was added to the curriculum that helps future priests understand problems within the Church.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Maya Kucherskaya artfully mixes fact and fiction, myth and history to offer a compelling, loving picture of a world of faith that is often impenetrable to outsiders. Yet Faith \u0026amp; Humor is not simply a book about the Orthodox Church, or about Russia rediscovering its faith after 70 years of state-sponsored atheism. Certainly there are elements of that here, and certainly Faith \u0026amp; Humor is an enlightening window into the \"mysterious Russian soul.\" But at its core, Kucherskaya's book is a light, funny, insightful work of fiction about people who ardently believe something and who carry this belief out into the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russian Information Services, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043567649008,"sku":"9781880100639","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781880100639_p0.jpg?v=1763603657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781880100639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}