How Long to Read The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace

How Long Does it Take to Read The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace by Amy Slagle

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Like many Americans, the Eastern Orthodox converts in this study are participants in what scholars today refer to as the "spiritual marketplace" or quest culture of expanding religious diversity and individual choice-making that marks the post-World War II American religious landscape. In this highly readable ethnographic study, Slagle explores the ways in which converts, clerics, and lifelong church members use marketplace metaphors in describing and enacting their religious lives. Slagle conducted participant observation and formal semi-structured interviews in Orthodox churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jackson, Mississippi. Known among Orthodox Christians as the "Holy Land" of North American Orthodoxy, Pittsburgh offers an important context for exploring the interplay of Orthodox Christianity with the mainstreams of American religious life. Slagle's second round of research in Jackson sheds light on the American Bible Belt where over the past thirty years the Orthodox Church in America has marshaled significant resources to build mission parishes. Relatively few ethnographic studies have examined Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the United States, and Slagle's book fills a significant gap. This lucidly written book is an ideal selection for courses in the sociology and anthropology of religion, contemporary Christianity, and religious change. Scholars of Orthodox Christianity, as well as clerical and lay people interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, will find this book to be of great appeal.

How long is The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace?

The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace by Amy Slagle is 221 pages long, and a total of 55,471 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 3 minutes to read The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace aloud.

What Reading Level is The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace?

The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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