Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
A note on transliteration and convention
Introduction
1 The Sourozh crisis in context
2 Analogous crises and their historical genesis
3 Enculturation and preservation: macrocosmic themes
4 Enculturation and preservation: praxis and devotion
5 The Russian Orthodox diaspora and the Russian World: Church and State
6 The Russian Orthodox diaspora and the Russian World: a global mandate
7 A comparative diaspora: The Armenian Apostolic Church and the Soviet legacy
8 Conclusion
Epilogue
Primary sources and bibliography
Index
Biography
Robert Collins completed his doctorate at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, in 2021. He is now working on a study of Slavophile historiography in relation to Christian eschatology and today’s global culture wars.
A timely, revealing and important study of the religious conflicts between Moscow and the Orthodox abroad.
Professor Orlando Figes
An even-handed analysis of a complex and polarised subject. The divisions between Russia and the West are dissected from the minutia of daily life to macrocosmic rhetoric whilst the author's multi-disciplinary approach makes for compelling reading.
Maria Haemmerli, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
