If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.
Customer service
All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com
Sale & Press
If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com
Help
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.
Customer service
All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com
Sale & Press
If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com
Between Heaven and Earth explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentiethcentury American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between people on earth. In this boldly argued and beautifully written book, Robert Orsi also considers how scholars of religion occupy the ground in between belief and analysis, faith and scholarship.Orsi infuses his analysis with an autobiographical voice steeped in his own ItalianAmerican Catholic backgroundfrom the devotion of his uncle Sal, who had cerebral palsy, to a crippled saint, Margaret of Castello; to the bond of his Tuscan grandmother with Saint Gemma Galgani.Religion exists not as a medium of making meanings, Orsi maintains, but as a network of relationships between heaven and earth involving people of all ages as well as the many sacred figures they hold dear. Orsi argues that modern academic theorizing about religion has long sanctioned dubious distinctions between good or real religious expression on the one hand and bad or bogus religion on the other, which marginalize these everyday relationships with sacred figures.This book is a brilliant critical inquiry into the lives that people make, for better or worse, between heaven and earth, and into the ways scholars of religion could better study of these worlds.
⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):
This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer,
birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
I thought this book would be more of a narrative but it's really scholarly. While it does have rich content, I was hoping for a lighter read. Just be aware if you're picking it up for casual reading.
E
Elena Garcia
Not What I Expected
I thought this book would be more of a narrative but it's really scholarly. While it does have rich content, I was hoping for a lighter read. Just be aware if you're picking it up for casual reading.
E
Elena Garcia
Not What I Expected
I thought this book would be more of a narrative but it's really scholarly. While it does have rich content, I was hoping for a lighter read. Just be aware if you're picking it up for casual reading.
M
Mohammed Ali
Engaging and Insightful
I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Religious Worlds'! The diverse perspectives from various scholars made it a compelling read. I appreciate how it opened my mind to new ideas about faith and community.
M
Mohammed Ali
Engaging and Insightful
I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Religious Worlds'! The diverse perspectives from various scholars made it a compelling read. I appreciate how it opened my mind to new ideas about faith and community.
For MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) violations and Intellectual Property (IP) or Trademark concerns, please contact:
support@ergodebooks.com
⚠️ California Proposition 65 Warning: Some products sold on this website may expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information, visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
