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Holy Rus' : the rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia / John P. Burgess.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780300227635
  • 0300227639
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Holy Rus'.DDC classification:
  • 281.9/47009049 23
LOC classification:
  • BX493 .B87 2017
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- One. Envisioning Holy Rus' -- Two. The Rebirth of Orthodoxy -- Three. Religious Education -- Four. Social Ministry -- Five. The New Martyrs -- Six. Parish Life -- Seven. The Future -- Notes -- Index
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1460174

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 17, 2017)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- One. Envisioning Holy Rus' -- Two. The Rebirth of Orthodoxy -- Three. Religious Education -- Four. Social Ministry -- Five. The New Martyrs -- Six. Parish Life -- Seven. The Future -- Notes -- Index