Red priests : renovationism, Russian Orthodoxy, and revolution, 1905-1946 / Edward E. Roslof.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roslof, Edward E., 1956-

Series:

Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies.

Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History--20th century.

Communism and Christianity--Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov--History--20th century.

Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union--Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 259 p. )

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1917 revolutions that gave birth to Soviet Russia had a profound impact on Russian religious life. Social and political attitudes toward religion in general and toward the Russian Orthodox Church in particular remained in turmoil for nearly 30 years. During that time of religious uncertainty, a movement known as "renovationism," led by reformist Orthodox clergy, pejoratively labeled "red priests," tried to reconcile Christianity with the goals of the Bolshevik state. But Church hierarchy and Bolshevik officials alike feared clergymen who proclaimed themselves to be both Christians and socialists. This innovative study, based on previously untapped archival sources, recounts the history of the red priests, who, acting out of religious conviction in a hostile environment, strove to establish a church that stood for social justice and equality. Red Priests sheds valuable new light on the dynamics of society, politics, and religion in Russia between 1905 and 1946.

Contents:

The path to church revolution

Renovationists come to power

Ecclesiastical civil war

The religious NEP

Renovationism in the parish

Liquidation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253109469

9786612063169

9781282063167

1282063162

9780253108128

0253108128

9780253109460

0253109469

OCLC:

50760389

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05292 hdl