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Eleni Sotiriou

Eleni Sotiriou is a sociologist and social anthropologist. Her research interests focus on the relations between women, sociocultural change, and religion, particularly within Greek Orthodoxy. She has published articles on implicit religion, marriage, Orthodox monasticism, gender, materiality, and religion. Her recent publications include “ ‘Monasticizing the Monastic’: Religious Clothes, Socialization, and the Transformation of Body and Self among Greek Orthodox Nuns,” in the Italian Journal of Sociology of Education (2015); and “On Saints, Prophets, Philanthropists, and Anticlericals: Orthodoxy, Gender, and the Crisis in Greece,” in Orthodox Christianity and Gender: Dynamics of Tradition, Culture, and Lived Practice, ed. Helena Kupari and Elina Vuola (Routledge, 2020).