2nd Edition
A Long Walk To Church A Contemporary History Of Russian Orthodoxy
By Nathaniel Davis
Copyright 2003
392 Pages
by
Routledge
396 Pages
by
Routledge
396 Pages
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Routledge
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Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews, and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russian Orthodox Church hung on the brink of institutional extinction twice in the past sixty-five years. In 1939, only a few score widely scattered priests were still functioning openly. Ironically, Hitler's invasion and Stalin's reaction to it... Read more
Prologue , Preface to the First Edition , Preface to the Second Edition , Introduction: Communism and Religion , From the Bolshevik Revolution to World War II , The Turnaround , Stalin's Last Years and the Early Khrushchev Period , Khrushchev's Attack , The Period of Stagnation , The Millennium , Squalls and Tempests , Accusations, Schisms, Disputes, and Complications , Russian Orthodox Clergy , Illegal and Underground Orthodox Religion , Monks, Nuns, and Convents , Theological Education , Publications and Finances , The Laity , Conclusion
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Nathaniel Davis
