Converging worlds : religion and community in peasant Russia, 1861-1917 / Chris J. Chulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chulos, Chris J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Influence.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Peasants--Religious life--Russia--History--19th century.

Peasants--Religious life--Russia--History--20th century.

Village communities--Russia--History--19th century.

Village communities--Russia--History--20th century.

National characteristics, Russian--History.

National characteristics, Russian.

History.

Village communities.

Peasants--Religious life.

Voronezh Region (Russia)--Religious life and customs.

Russia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Religion and community in peasant Russia, 1861-1917

Place of Publication:

DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction

Orthodoxy, Russianness, and Local Identity 3

1 Varieties of Piety 14

2 Telling Time: Eternal Truths, Mortal Fates 28

3 Mythical Origins, Magical Icons, and Historical Awareness 42

4 Uncompromising over Parish Authority: The Church, Its Clergy, and the Peasantry 54

5 Saints, Pilgrimage, and Modern Russian Orthodox Identity 66

6 The Modernizing Village: Rituals, Reading, and Revolution 82

7 Failed Visions of Reform at the End of an Era 97

Conclusion

Religion without a Tsar or a Church 112

Table 1 Days Associated with Belief in Voronezh Province Villages 117

Table 2 Specially Revered Objects in Voronezh Province, 1900 121

Table 3 Number of Parish Churches and Clergy in Voronezh Province, 1870-1914 123

Table 4 Ratio of Peasants to Parish Churches and Clergymen in Voronezh Province, 1870-1914 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-194) and index.

ISBN:

0875803172

OCLC:

52127680