Title Red priests : renovationism, Russian Orthodoxy, and revolution, 1905-1946 / Edward E. Roslof

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages) Series Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies. Contents The path to church revolution -- Renovationists come to power -- Ecclesiastical civil war -- The religious NEP -- Renovationism in the parish -- Liquidation Summary "The 1917 revolutions that gave birth to Soviet Russia had a profound impact on Russian religious life. Social and political attitudes toward religion in general and toward the Russian Orthodox Church in particular remained in turmoil for nearly thirty years. During that time of religious uncertainty, a movement known as "renovationism" led by reformist Orthodox clergy, pejoratively labeled "red priests," tried to reconcile Christianity with the goals of the Bolshevik state. By embracing the radical socialism of Lenin and his party, red priests unwittingly proved that the great nineteenth-century Russian novelist Fedor Dostoevskii had been right. Nearly everyone - including most Orthodox believers and Bolshevik officials - feared clergymen who proclaimed themselves to be both Christians and socialists." "This study, based on previously untapped archival sources, recounts the history of the red priests who, acting out of religious conviction in a hostile environment, strove to establish a church that stood for social justice and equality. Relating the history of renovationism to broader historical developments, Red Priests sheds valuable new light on the dynamics of society, politics, and religion in Russia between 1905 and 1946"--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index Notes English Print version record In ACLS Humanities E-Book. Subject Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ fast Subject Communism and Christianity -- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ -- History -- 20th century Communism and Christianity -- Soviet Union -- History RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. Communism and Christianity -- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ Communism and Christianity SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125711 Subject Soviet Union Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 01008456 ISBN 0253109469 9780253109460 0253341280 9780253341280 0253108128 9780253108128 1282063162 9781282063167 9786612063169 6612063165

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