Author: Platon (Metropolitan of Moscow)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics
Author: Irina PapkovaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199791149
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
"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.
The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia
Author: Platon (Metropolitan of Moscow)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia; Or a Summary of Christian Divinity ... Translated from the Slavonian, with a Preliminary Memoir on the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Russia; and an Appendix Containing an Account of the Origin and Different Sects of Russian Dissenters. By R. Pinkerton
Author: Robert PINKERTONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The present state of the Greek Church in Russia, or A summary of Christian divinity, tr., with a prelim. memoir and an appendix, by R. Pinkerton
Author: Petr Georgievich Levshin (metropolitan of Moscow.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia
Author: Platon (Metropolitan of Moscow)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Russia's Path Toward Enlightenment
Author: Gary M. HamburgPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300113137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Searching for Enlightenment -- PART I: Wisdom and Wickedness, 1500-1689 -- TWO: God and Politics in Muscovy -- THREE: A Question of Legitimacy -- FOUR: Visions of the State at Mid-Century -- FIVE: Church and Politics in Late Muscovy -- PART II: Ways of Virtue, 1689-1762 -- SIX: Church, State, and Society under Peter -- SEVEN: Virtue and Politics after Peter -- PART III: Straining toward Light, 1762-1801 -- EIGHT: Catherine II and Enlightenment -- NINE: Nikita Panin and Imperial Power
The Greek Orthodox Church in America
Author: Alexander KitroeffPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501749447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this sweeping history, Alexander Kitroeff shows how the Greek Orthodox Church in America has functioned as much more than a religious institution, becoming the focal point in the lives of the country's million-plus Greek immigrants and their descendants. Assuming the responsibility of running Greek-language schools and encouraging local parishes to engage in cultural and social activities, the church became the most important Greek American institution and shaped the identity of Greeks in the United States. Kitroeff digs into these traditional activities, highlighting the American church's dependency on the "mother church," the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the use of Greek language in the Sunday liturgy. Today, as this rich biography of the church shows us, Greek Orthodoxy remains in between the Old World and the New, both Greek and American.
Embassy, Emigrants and Englishmen
Author: Christopher BirchallPublisher:
ISBN: 9780884653837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city. Founded in the early-18th century by a Greek Archbishop from Alexandria in Egypt, the church was aided by the nascent Russian Empire of Tsar Peter the Great and joined by Englishmen finding in it the Apostolic faith. The church later became a spiritual home for those who escaped the upheavals following World War II or who sought economic opportunities in the West after the fall of communism in Russia. For much of this time the parish was a focal point for Anglican-Orthodox relations and Orthodox missionary endeavors from Japan to the Americas. This is a history of the Orthodox Church in the West, of the Russian emigration to Europe, and of major world events through the prism of a particular local community. The book calls on stories from an array of persons, from archbishops to members of Parliament and imperial diplomats to post-war refugees. Their lives and the constantly changing mosaic of global political and economic realities provide the background for the struggle to create and sustain the London church through time.
First Person
Author: Vladimir PutinPublisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786723270
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Who is this Vladimir Putin? Who is this man who suddenly--overnight and without warning--was handed the reigns of power to one of the most complex, formidable, and volatile countries in the world? How can we trust him if we don't know him? First Person is an intimate, candid portrait of the man who holds the future of Russia in his grip. An extraordinary compilation of over 24 hours of in-depth interviews and remarkable photographs, it delves deep into Putin's KGB past and explores his meteoric rise to power. No Russian leader has ever subjected himself to this kind of public examination of his life and views. Both as a spy and as a virtual political unknown until selected by Boris Yeltsin to be Prime Minister, Putin has been regarded as man of mystery. Now, the curtain lifts to reveal a remarkable life of struggles and successes. Putin's life story is of major importance to the world.
Holy Rus'
Author: John P. BurgessPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300222246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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.