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The Heart of Russia
Scott Mark Kenworthy
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Hardcover. Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Book. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HRAX; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1046.
In the 1830s and 1840s, increasing numbers of Russians renounced the modernized, secularized, Westernized Russia created by Peter the Great in an effort to revive alternative lifestyles based on Orthodox spirituality and values. This effort found expression in a revival of monasticism that began in the era of Nicholas I and would last for the duration of the imperial period, brought to an end only by the cataclysm of revolution and repression of the new Bolshevik regime. Suppressed by the communists, Russian monasticism experienced another revival in the post-World War II era and again in the post-Soviet period, demonstrating that ... Read more
In the 1830s and 1840s, increasing numbers of Russians renounced the modernized, secularized, Westernized Russia created by Peter the Great in an effort to revive alternative lifestyles based on Orthodox spirituality and values. This effort found expression in a revival of monasticism that began in the era of Nicholas I and would last for the duration of the imperial period, brought to an end only by the cataclysm of revolution and repression of the new Bolshevik regime. Suppressed by the communists, Russian monasticism experienced another revival in the post-World War II era and again in the post-Soviet period, demonstrating that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
Woodrow Wilson Center Book
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199736133
SKU
V9780199736133
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About Scott Mark Kenworthy
Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University, Ohio
Reviews for The Heart of Russia
a master class in meticulous archival research ... one wonders how any scholar will write about these topics again without reference to this book.
Zoe Knox, Revolutionary RussiaChris J. Chulos, American Historical Review
Scott Kenworthy has written an exceptionally well-researched, well-documented, and clear history of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery from 1825 to 1938. The first such volume in English, ... Read more
Zoe Knox, Revolutionary RussiaChris J. Chulos, American Historical Review
Scott Kenworthy has written an exceptionally well-researched, well-documented, and clear history of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery from 1825 to 1938. The first such volume in English, ... Read more