Bodies like bright stars : saints and relics in Orthodox Russia / Robert H. Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Robert H., 1975-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Relics--Russia--History--19th century.

Relics.

Christian saints--Cult--Russia--History--19th century.

Christian saints.

History.

Christian saints--Cult.

Russia--Religious life and customs.

Russia.

Relics--Soviet Union--History.

Christian saints--Cult--Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union--Religious life and customs.

Soviet Union.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Physical Description:

xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2010]

Summary:

"Readable and witty. Integrating Western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, imperial officials, and Bolsheviks-from the most mundane level to Lenin himself."

Contents:

In the eye of the beholder : the Russian Orthodox Church and the problem of incorruptibility

Going to see the saints : miracles, shrines, and relics

Making saints : canonization and community

The Revolution and the saints

Toppling the saints from their thrones : the Bolshevik exhumation of holy relics

Relics in Red Russia : Orthodox responses to the exhumation campaign

The passing of the saints?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780875804095

0875804098

OCLC:

406164683