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The Russian Orthodox Church: Triumphalism and Defensiveness
Jane Ellis
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Hardback. The Russian Orthodox Church has survived more than 70 years of sustained attempts to eradicate religion. This text describes the developments and problems in the Russian Orthodox Church under glasnost, and especially since the new freedoms were granted following the millennium celebrations of 1988. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
The Russian Orthodox Church has survived more than seventy years of the most brutal and sustained attempts to eradicate religion that has ever been. Weakened but spiritually alive, it is confronted by the demands of a ravaged, exhausted society. Can it, however, find the resources and energy to respond to these demands? Jane Ellis describes the developments and problems in the Russian Orthodox Church under glasnost and especially since the new freedoms were granted following the millennium celebrations of 1988. New opportunities mean new challenges and demand huge new resources. Old problems in the form of close State and KGB ... Read more
The Russian Orthodox Church has survived more than seventy years of the most brutal and sustained attempts to eradicate religion that has ever been. Weakened but spiritually alive, it is confronted by the demands of a ravaged, exhausted society. Can it, however, find the resources and energy to respond to these demands? Jane Ellis describes the developments and problems in the Russian Orthodox Church under glasnost and especially since the new freedoms were granted following the millennium celebrations of 1988. New opportunities mean new challenges and demand huge new resources. Old problems in the form of close State and KGB ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333638927
SKU
V9780333638927
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