Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine

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Geoffrey A. Hosking
Springer, Sep 23, 1991 - History - 357 pages
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.
 

Contents

The Spirituality of the Vyg Fathers
23
Spiritual Elders in Nineteenthcentury Russia
38
Galicia
52
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63
Thought
79
Archimandrite Makary and V I Verbitsky
96
Theological Liberalism and Church Reform in Impe
108
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128
The Church Schools and Seminaries in the Russian
193
The Political Philosophy of the Russian Orthodox
210
The Rise of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox
228
Personalities and Prog
250
The Survival of the Russian Orthodox Church in her
271
Are the Furov Reports Authentic?
291
Orthodoxy and Russian Nationalism in the USSR
312
Religious Currents in Contemporary Soviet Litera
333

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134
Leo Tolstoy a Church Critic Influenced by Orthodox
148
The Churchs Social Role in St Petersburg 18801914
167

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