Engelhardt, Jeffers - Singing the Right Way

Singing the Right Way enters the world of Orthodox Christianity in Estonia to explore the significance of musical style in worship, cultural identity, and social imagination. Through a series of ethnographic and historical chapters, author Jeffers Engelhardt focuses on how Orthodox Estonians give voice to the religious absolute in secular society to live Christ-like lives.

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CONTENTS

Table of Contents
About the Companion Website
Track Listing
Maps
Introduction
Part 1
Chapter 1 - Orthodoxy in Estonia, Estonian Orthodoxy
Chapter 2 - Right Singing: The Voice of Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy
Chapter 3 - Today is an important day here, the birthday of our own religion: Festivity
and the Secular Enchantments of Right Singing
Part 2
Chapter 4 - Every bird has its own song: Congregational Singing and the Making of
Estonian Orthodoxy
Chapter 5 - Songs of Commemoration and Continuity
Part 3
Chapter 6 - Life is so simple to live when the corridor you are to walk down has already
been made: Byzantification and Conversion at the Cathedral of Saint Simeon and the Prophetess Hanna
Chapter 7 - We are people of the country, but we worship and Russian-type God:
Singing the Right Way in Setomaa
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography