1st Edition
Popular Religion in Russia 'Double Belief' and the Making of an Academic Myth
By Stella Rock
Copyright 2007
248 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie , is in fact an academic myth.
Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan... Read more
Introduction 1. Christian Idol-Worshippers and 'Pagan Survivals' 2. Heretics and ‘Wrong-Believing' 3. A History of Historians 4. How Russian is 'Double-Belief'? Conclusion
Biography
Stella Rock is Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Sussex. Her publications on Russian Orthodoxy span the medieval and post-Soviet periods, and her research interests focus on popular faith (in the broadest sense) and the relationship between religious and national identity.
