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What if the internet operates like fairyland—with all its beguiling dangers? What if the American landscape is waiting to be loved rightly? What if our desires carry nuclear-level power that must be stewarded with wisdom?
In Sparks and Sacrament, Orthodox Christian writer Laura E. Wolfe explores three urgent crises of modern life: our enchantment by digital spaces, our broken relationship with the land we inhabit, and our confusion about sexuality and embodiment.
Blending personal essay, theological reflection, literary criticism, and original fiction, these pieces weave together Memorial Day parades and myrrh-streaming icons, westerns and powwows, Lolita and The Realm of the Elderlings, gender theology and the transformative power of chastity. Wolfe argues that we need the old stories—fairy tales, myths, and Orthodox wisdom—to navigate fairyland safely, to relate rightly to this continent, and to steward desire without destroying ourselves and others.
This is a book about embodied life: procession and prayer, relationship with place, the slow art of loving actual people instead of screens and abstractions.
For readers who:
- Wonder how to live embodied lives in a digital age
- Long to rediscover the sacred in the American landscape
- Seek a Christian vision of sexuality beyond culture wars
- Love deep dives into books, myths, and the enchanted cosmos
- Are hungry for cultural criticism rooted in Orthodox faith
Sparks and Sacrament offers a path beyond the screen, beyond conquest, beyond chaos—toward communion with God, neighbor, and the ground beneath your feet.
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