Christian Russia In The Making

Author : Andrzej Poppe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000939064

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Christian Russia in the Making by Andrzej Poppe Pdf

The present collection of studies by Andrzej Poppe in many ways represents a continuation of the research brought together a quarter century ago in the author's previous Variorum volume. The focal themes are the political circumstances of the 'baptism of Russia' and the processes by which Rus' became a Christian country, an era marked by the emergence of indigenous saints in royal and monastic garb. Relations with the Byzantine world, both political and ecclesiastical, are often to the fore, but as Poppe shows, those with the West, from the Carolingians onwards, were important too. Many of the articles are provided with additional notes, and the volume includes three pieces previously unpublished in English, including an introductory survey of the Rurikid dynasty, and a major new study of the process by which Vladimir the Great became a saint.

Author : John Strickland
Publisher : Holy Trinity Publications
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884653479

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The Making of Holy Russia by John Strickland Pdf

This book is a critical study of the interaction between the Russian Church and society in the late 19th and early 20th century. While other studies exist that draw attention to the voices in the Church typified as liberal in the years leading up to the Revolution, this work introduces a wide range of conservative opinion that equally strove for spiritual renewal and the spread of the Gospel. Grounded in original research conducted in the newly accessible libraries and archives of post-Soviet Russia, this study is intended to reveal the wider relevance of its topic to an ongoing discussion of the relationship between national or ethnic identities on the one hand, and the self-understanding of Orthodox Christianity as a universal and transformative faith on the other.

Author : Stella Rock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134369782

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Popular Religion in Russia by Stella Rock Pdf

This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan traditions even into the twentieth century. This volume shows how the concept of dvoeverie arose with nineteenth-century scholars obsessed with the Russian 'folk' and was perpetuated as a propaganda tool in the Soviet period, colouring our perception of both popular faith in Russian and medieval Russian culture for over a century. It surveys the wide variety of uses of the term from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, and contrasts them to its use in modern historiography, concluding that our modern interpretation of dvoeverie would not have been recognized by medieval clerics, and that 'double-belief' is a modern academic construct. Furthermore, it offers a brief foray into medieval Orthodoxy via the mind of the believer, through the language and literature of the period.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780271046020

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Orthodox Russia: Belief and Practice Under the Tsars by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexander S. Agadjanian,Scott M. Kenworthy
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506469171

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Understanding World Christianity by Alexander S. Agadjanian,Scott M. Kenworthy Pdf

Understanding World Christianity: Russia is a broad examination of Christianity--especially Orthodox Christianity--in modern Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church is currently playing a very prominent role in Russian society and politics, and it is not possible to fully understand Russia today without it. The role of Russian Orthodoxy today is a dramatic reversal from the suppression it suffered for most of the 20th century under the Soviet regime. Based upon a wealth of recent research in multiple fields, this book examines the complexity of contemporary Russian Orthodoxy within a historical context. It first introduces the reader to what is distinctive about Orthodox Christianity in general and Russian Orthodoxy in particular, then provides an overview of the history of Christianity in Russia, its various regional expressions, the experience of representative individuals during the 20th century, an examination of modern Russian theology, and ends with an analysis of the post-Soviet relationship of religion, politics, and society. It is an ideal introduction for students and non-specialists interested in Global Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, Russian Studies, and any others who wish to know how Christianity influences, and is influenced by, the Russian context.

Author : Heather J. Coleman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780253013187

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Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia by Heather J. Coleman Pdf

From sermons and clerical reports to personal stories of faith, this book of translated primary documents reveals the lived experience of Orthodox Christianity in 19th- and early 20th-century Russia. These documents allow us to hear the voices of educated and uneducated writers, of clergy and laity, nobles and merchants, workers and peasants, men and women, Russians and Ukrainians. Orthodoxy emerges here as a multidimensional and dynamic faith. Beyond enhancing our understanding of Orthodox Christianity as practiced in Imperial Russia, this thoughtfully edited volume offers broad insights into the relationship between religious narrative and social experience and reveals religion's central place in the formation of world views and narrative traditions.

Author : Helene Iswolsky
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789125061

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Christ in Russia by Helene Iswolsky Pdf

“Is all of Russia not in her church?” asked the great essayist, Rosanov. The question is likely to surprise many American Christians tempted, in spite of themselves, to believe a purely political propaganda. Russia—The Enemy—is both the historical Christian reality and the present hope. In a book of profound contemporary significance, the author has presented both a scholarly and moving history of the Church of Christ in Russia, from its beginnings to the present day, and a deeply sympathetic description of the Russian Church’s Tradition and Life. The author is herself a Russian, a scholar, and a convert from the Orthodox Church in which she was raised. She writes with simplicity and with loving familiarity of things she has not only studied but lived with her heart.

Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300227635

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Holy Rus' by John P. Burgess Pdf

A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia’s largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus’: that historical yet mythical homeland of the eastern Slavic peoples; a foretaste of the perfect justice, peace, harmony, and beauty for which religious believers long; and the glimpse of heaven on earth that persuaded Prince Vladimir to accept Orthodox baptism in Crimea in A.D. 988. Through groundbreaking initiatives in religious education, social ministry, historical commemoration, and parish life, the Orthodox Church is seeking to shape a new, post-communist national identity for Russia. In this eye-opening and evocative book, John Burgess examines Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgence from a grassroots level, providing Western readers with an enlightening, inside look at the new Russia.

Author : Karin Hyldal Christensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351850353

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The Making of the New Martyrs of Russia by Karin Hyldal Christensen Pdf

Following the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church has canonized a great number of Russian saints. Whereas in the first millennium of Russian Christianity (988-1988) the Church recognized merely 300 Russian saints, the number had grown to more than 2,000 by 2006. This book explores the remarkable phenomenon of new Russian martyrdom. It outlines the process of canonization, examines how saints are venerated, and relates all this to the ways in which the Russian state and its people have chosen to remember the Soviet Union and commemorate the victims of its purges. The book includes in-depth case studies of particular saints and examines the diverse ways in which they are venerated.

Author : Dimitry Pospielovsky
Publisher : Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881411795

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The Orthodox Church in the History of Russia by Dimitry Pospielovsky Pdf

A panoramic view of one of the largest, most controversial, spiritually profound and deeply suffering of all Christian churches. The author begins with the legalization of Christianity by Constantine the Great, and the subsequent chapters lead the reader to the calamities of the 20th century under communism. The book ends with a brief survey of the post-Communist era.

Author : Andrzej Poppe
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015004706225

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The Rise of Christian Russia by Andrzej Poppe Pdf

A collection of unpublished papers from the Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches 1961.

Author : John Garrard,Carol Garrard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0691125732

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Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent by John Garrard,Carol Garrard Pdf

Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent is the first book to fully explore the expansive and ill-understood role that Russia's ancient Christian faith has played in the fall of Soviet Communism and in the rise of Russian nationalism today. John and Carol Garrard tell the story of how the Orthodox Church's moral weight helped defeat the 1991 coup against Gorbachev launched by Communist Party hardliners. The Soviet Union disintegrated, leaving Russians searching for a usable past. The Garrards reveal how Patriarch Aleksy II--a former KGB officer and the man behind the church's successful defeat of the coup--is reconstituting a new national idea in the church's own image. In the new Russia, the former KGB who run the country--Vladimir Putin among them--proclaim the cross, not the hammer and sickle. Meanwhile, a majority of Russians now embrace the Orthodox faith with unprecedented fervor. The Garrards trace how Aleksy orchestrated this transformation, positioning his church to inherit power once held by the Communist Party and to become the dominant ethos of the military and government. They show how the revived church under Aleksy prevented mass violence during the post-Soviet turmoil, and how Aleksy astutely linked the church with the army and melded Russian patriotism and faith. Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent argues that the West must come to grips with this complex and contradictory resurgence of the Orthodox faith, because it is the hidden force behind Russia's domestic and foreign policies today.

Author : Robert Geraci,Michael Khodarkovsky
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501724305

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Of Religion and Empire by Robert Geraci,Michael Khodarkovsky Pdf

Russia's ever-expanding imperial boundaries encompassed diverse peoples and religions. Yet Russian Orthodoxy remained inseparable from the identity of the Russian empire-state, which at different times launched conversion campaigns not only to "save the souls" of animists and bring deviant Orthodox groups into the mainstream, but also to convert the empire's numerous Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Catholics, and Uniates. This book is the first to investigate the role of religious conversion in the long history of Russian state building. How successful were the Church and the state in proselytizing among religious minorities? How were the concepts of Orthodoxy and Russian nationality shaped by the religious diversity of the empire? What was the impact of Orthodox missionary efforts on the non-Russian peoples, and how did these peoples react to religious pressure? In chapters that explore these and other questions, this book provides geographical coverage from Poland and European Russia to the Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, and Alaska. The editors' introduction and conclusion place the twelve original essays in broad historical context and suggest patterns in Russian attitudes toward religion that range from attempts to forge a homogeneous identity to tolerance of complexity and diversity.

Author : Daniel H. Shubin
Publisher : Algora Pub
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0875862888

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A History of Russian Christianity by Daniel H. Shubin Pdf

From Apostle Andrew to the conclusion of Soviet authority in 1990, Daniel Shubin presents the entire history of Christianity in Russia in a 3-volume series. The events, people and politics that forged the earliest traditions of Russian Christianity are presented objectively and intensively, describing the rise and dominance of the Russian Orthodox Church, the many dissenters and sectarian groups that evolved over the centuries (and their persecution), the presence of Catholicism and the influx of Protestantism and Judaism and other minority religions into Russia. The history covers the higher levels of ecclesiastical activity including the involvement of tsars and princes, as well as saints and serfs, and monks and mystics. This, the first volume, deals with the period from Apostle Andrew to the death of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, just prior to the election of the first Russian Patriarch, a period of almost 1600 years.

Author : Sophie Koulomzin
Publisher : RSM Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0913836729

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Many Worlds by Sophie Koulomzin Pdf

In her autobiography Sophie Koulomzin, long honored as a pioneer in Orthodox religious education in America, tells of the many worlds in which she has lived and worked: childhood on family estates in Old Russia; the hardships of revolutionary Moscow; life in the Russian emigration in Western Europe and as a foreign student in America; the challenge of combining marriage and a family with service in the Church; making a new life in America after world War II; returning to Russia, this time as a tourist. She shares with us the experiences -- and the wisdom -- of a lifetime. In doing so, she gives us in microcosm the history of a fascinating generation. Book jacket.