Author: Robert O. Crummey
Publisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Author: Robert O. Crummey
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Category : Old Believers
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: Robert O. Crummey
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ISBN: 9780835747431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: David Scheffel
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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The 'Old Believers' constitute the most conservative branch of Eastern Christendom. They are determined to remain separate from the rest of society, which they believe to have succumbed to the agents of antichrist. The text enables us to understand both Christian culture and traditional culture in the modern world.

Author: Robert Crummey
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1609090217
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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This important collection of essays by a pioneer in the field focuses on the history and culture of a conservative religious tradition whose adherents have fought to preserve their beliefs and practices from the seventeenth century through today. Old Belief had its origins in a protest against liturgical reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church in the mid-1600s and quickly grew into a complex torrent of opposition to the Russian state, the official church, and the social hierarchy. For Old Believers, periods of full religious freedom have been very brief—from 1905 to 1917 and since the fall of the Soviet Union. Crummey examines the ways in which Old Believers defend their core beliefs and practices and adjust their polemical strategies and way of life in response to the changing world. Opening chapters survey the historiography of Old Belief, examine the methodological problems in studying the movement as a Russian example of "popular religion," and outline the first decades of the history. Particular themes of Old Believer history are the focus of the rest of the book, beginning with two sets of case studies of spirituality, culture, and intellectual life. Subsequent chapters analyze the diverse structures of Old Believer communities and their fate in times of persecution. A final essay examines publications of contemporary scholars in Novosibirsk whose work provides glimpses of the life of traditional believers in the Soviet period. Old Believers in a Changing World will appeal to scholars and students of Russian history, to those interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, and to those with an interest in the comparative history of religious movements.

Author: Robert Owen Crummey
Publisher:
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Category : Old Believers
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: Pope John XXIII
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780146000737
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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This prophetical book depicts the ultimate victory of Christ.

Author: Roy R. Robson
Publisher: Niu Slavic, East European, and
ISBN: 9780875809984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The schism that split the Russian Orthodox Church in 1667 alienated thousands of devout men and women. These traditional worshippers, who came to be known as the Old Believers, practiced their faith as outsiders for more than two centuries. Denied the Russian Orthodox Church's sacraments, they in turn denied that its "new" ways could lead them to salvation. Always at odds with the established Russian Orthodox Church and the tsar, the Old Believers created a vibrant separate culture within the imperial Russian state. Old Believers in Modern Russia shows how Russia's most traditional religious group created a "culture of community" distinct from the dominant culture and society. This culture provided a lens through which the faithful could view, interpret, and interact with their world. Focusing especially on imperial Russia's twilight years, Robson explores how the Old Believers adapted to rapid change in the early twentieth century. Until recently, little has been known about Old Believer faith and culture. Most previous studies have relied upon information provided by outsiders, usually the state or the Russian Orthodox Church. Robson explores Old Believer experience from the inside in this first detailed study of the group in the late imperial period. He integrates historical methods with communication theory and symbolic anthropology to reveal the many facets of Old Believer life.

Author: David Scheffel
Publisher: National Library of Canada
ISBN: 9780315470224
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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