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Jeffrey Bruce Beshoner - Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union - 9780268031664 - V9780268031664
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Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union

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Description for Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union Hardcover. This text analyzes questions of nationality and religious identity in 19th-century Russian history as reflected in the life of Jesuit priest Ivan Gagarin. It reveals that the Roman Catholic Church presented its own share of barriers to attempts at church union. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.

Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin analyzes questions of nationality and religious identity in nineteenth-century Russian history as reflected in the life of Jesuit priest Ivan Gagarin. A descendent of one of Russia’s most ancient and politically powerful families, Father Ivan Gagarin, S.J. (1814–1882) dedicated his life to creating a union between the Orthodox and Catholic churches that would preserve the dogmatic and traditional beliefs of both.

Traditional understandings of Russian identity have emanated from the perspective of the dominant Orthodox religion; this captivating study uses the unionist work of Gagarin to illumine Russia's national identity from the perspective of Roman Catholicism. Seeing ... Read more

Jeffrey Beshoner’s even-handed analysis reveals that the Roman Catholic Church presented its own share of barriers to attempts at church union. Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin examines Roman Catholic attitudes of superiority vis-à-vis the Orthodox Church and argues that the nineteenth-century Roman Catholic Church simply did not possess the humility or respect for Eastern beliefs that church union required.

Despite the failure of his unionist activity, Gagarin exerted important influence on such contemporary and later Roman Catholic and Russian thinkers as Pope Pius IX, Alexei Khomiakov and Vladimir Solovev. As the collapse of communism has permitted Russia to again seek its national identity in Russian Orthodoxy, Gagarin's ideas and perspectives on the relationship between national and religious identity continue to prove relevant.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268031664
SKU
V9780268031664
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About Jeffrey Bruce Beshoner
Jeffrey Bruce Beshoner is a member of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance in the Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. He resides in Steubenville, Ohio, at Franciscan University, where he continues to pursue his interests in Russian religious thought and ecumenical history.

Reviews for Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union
“Beshoner presents a well-researched and evenhanded examination of the evolution of Gagarin’s thought within the context of the political and theological debates of the time. He shows that the fascinating story of Gagarin, the 'Don Quixote of Catholicism,' exemplifies the futility of all-encompassing projects for the nation’s salvation. His book is richly documented, and he makes generous use of archival ... Read more

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