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Author | : John Shelton Curtiss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Church and state |
ISBN | : |
Download The Russian Church and the Soviet State, 1917-1950 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Sophie Kotzer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781032163307 |
Download Russian Orthodoxy, Nationalism and the Soviet State During the Gorbachev Years, 1985-1991 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines how the Russian Orthodox Church developed during the period of Gorbachev's rule in the Soviet Union, a period characterised by perestroika (reform) and glasnost (openness). It charts how official Soviet policy towards religion in general and the Russian Orthodox Church changed, with the Church enjoying significantly improved status. It also discusses, however, how the improved relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the state, and the Patriarchate's support for Soviet foreign policy goals, its close alignment with Russian nationalism and its role as a guardian of the Soviet Union's borders were not seen in a positive light by dissidents and by many ordinary believers, who were disappointed by the church's failure in respect of its social mission, including education and charitable activities.
Author | : Sophie Kotzer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2020-01-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000026213 |
Download Russian Orthodoxy, Nationalism and the Soviet State during the Gorbachev Years, 1985-1991 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines how the Russian Orthodox Church developed during the period of Gorbachev’s rule in the Soviet Union, a period characterised by perestroika (reform) and glasnost (openness). It charts how official Soviet policy towards religion in general and the Russian Orthodox Church changed, with the Church enjoying significantly improved status. It also discusses, however, how the improved relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the state, and the Patriarchate’s support for Soviet foreign policy goals, its close alignment with Russian nationalism and its role as a guardian of the Soviet Union’s borders were not seen in a positive light by dissidents and by many ordinary believers, who were disappointed by the church’s failure in respect of its social mission, including education and charitable activities.
Author | : John Shelton Curtiss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758196088 |
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Author | : Tatiana A. Chumachenko |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2015-02-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317474627 |
Download Church and State in Soviet Russia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Church-state relations during the Soviet period were much more complex and changeable than is generally assumed. From the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 until the 21st Party Congress in 1961, the Communist regime's attitude toward the Russian Orthodox Church zigzagged from indifference and opportunism to hostility and repression. Drawing from new access to previously closed archives, historian Tatiana Chumachenko has documented the twists and turns and human dramas of church-state relations during these decades. This rich material provides essential background to the post-Soviet Russian government's controversial relationship to the Russian Orthodox Church today.
Author | : Irina Papkova |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199791149 |
Download The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"There is little written about the Russian Orthodox Church, and precious little by political scientists who use qualitative, critical methods. This book is a welcome contribution and will receive attention from political scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists of religion." ---Catherine Wanner. Associate Professor of History. Anthropology and Religious Studies. Penn State University --Book Jacket.
Author | : Dominic Erdozain |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2017-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1609092287 |
Download The Dangerous God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
At the heart of the Soviet experiment was a belief in the impermanence of the human spirit: souls could be engineered; conscience could be destroyed. The project was, in many ways, chillingly successful. But the ultimate failure of a totalitarian regime to fulfill its ambitions for social and spiritual mastery had roots deeper than the deficiencies of the Soviet leadership or the chaos of a "command" economy. Beneath the rhetoric of scientific communism was a culture of intellectual and cultural dissidence, which may be regarded as the "prehistory of perestroika." This volume explores the contribution of Christian thought and belief to this culture of dissent and survival, showing how religious and secular streams of resistance joined in an unexpected and powerful partnership. The essays in The Dangerous God seek to shed light on the dynamic and subversive capacities of religious faith in a context of brutal oppression, while acknowledging the often-collusive relationship between clerical elites and the Soviet authorities. Against the Marxist notion of the "ideological" function of religion, the authors set the example of people for whom faith was more than an opiate; against an enduring mythology of secularization, they propose the centrality of religious faith in the intellectual, political, and cultural life of the late modern era. This volume will appeal to specialists on religion in Soviet history as well as those interested in the history of religion under totalitarian regimes.
Author | : Geoffrey A. Hosking |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1991-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 134921566X |
Download Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The opportunities opened up by the Gorbachev reforms have shown that religion is one of the most significant dynamic forces in Soviet society. Yet few scholars have attempted to relate the study of churches and religious movements in recent centuries to the politics and culture of the Soviet Union. To remedy this deficiency, leading western experts on Christianity in the Eastern Slav lands gathered at a conference in London on the occasion of the millennium of the baptism of Rus'. Their papers present unexpected and fascinating insights into an under-rated but crucial aspect of the life of the Soviet peoples.
Author | : Katja Richters |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0415669332 |
Download The Post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church’s relationship with the Russian state: that the Church has always been dominated by Russia’s secular elites; that the clerics have not sufficiently fought this domination and occasionally failed to act in the Church’s best interest; and that the Church was turned into a Soviet institution during the twentieth century. This book challenges these assumptions. It demonstrates that church-state relations in post-communist Russia can be seen in a much more differentiated way, and that the church is not subservient, very much having its own agenda. Yet at the same time it is sharing the state’s, and Russian society’s nationalist vision. The book analyses the Russian Orthodox Church’s political culture, focusing on the Putin and Medvedev eras from 2000. It examines the upper echelons of the Moscow Patriarchate in relation to the governing elite and to Russian public opinion, explores the role of the church in the formation of state religious policy, and the church’s role within the Russian military. It discusses how the Moscow Patriarchate is asserting itself in former Soviet republics outside Russia, especially in Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus. It concludes by re-emphasising that, although the church often mirrors the Kremlin’s political preferences, it most definitely acts independently.
Author | : Max Hayward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Soviet Union |
ISBN | : |
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