Nathaniel Davis

A Long Walk To Church (eBook, ePUB)

A Contemporary History Of Russian Orthodoxy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russian Orthodox Church hung on the brink of institutional extinction twice in the past 65 years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429975127
• Artikelnr.: 52478018

Autorenporträt

Nathaniel Davis

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction: Communism and Religion
From the Bolshevik Revolution to World War II
The Turnaround
Stalin's Last Years and the Early Khrushchev Period
Khrushchev's Attack
The Period of Stagnation
The Millennium
Squalls and Tempests
Accusations
Schisms
Disputes
and Complications
Russian Orthodox Clergy
Illegal and Underground Orthodox Religion
Monks
Nuns
and Convents
Theological Education
Publications and Finances
The Laity
Conclusion