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Heretical Orthodoxy (eBook, PDF)

Lev Tolstoi and the Russian Orthodox Church

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a new account of Tolstoi''s relationship with the Orthodox Church, showing how the novelist was influenced by his Christian heritage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009260381
• Artikelnr.: 70913285

Autorenporträt

Pål Kolstø is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Oslo. His previous publications include, as author or editor, ten academic books in English, and numerous journal articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Tolstoi as a practicing orthodox
3. Examination of dogmatic theology
4. Tolstoi, orthodoxy and asceticism
5. Lev Tolstoi and orthodox forms of spirituality: elders
6. Tolstoi and the wanderer tradition in Russian culture
7. Tolstoi and he ideal of 'the Holy Fool'
8. Father Sergius: Kasatskii's spiritual journey to holy foolishness
9. Tolstoi and the social ideal of the Eastern Church: John Chrysostom
10. The Church mounts a counter-attack: threat perceptions and combat strategies
11. Between 'almost orthodox' and 'Antichrist': images of Lev Tolstoi in Russian orthodox polemics
12. The 'excommunication' and its aftermath
13. A requiem for a heretic? The controversy over Lev Tolstoi's burial
14. Summary and conclusions.