The Tsar's foreign faiths : toleration and the fate of religious freedom in imperial Russia / Paul W. Werth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werth, Paul W. (Paul William), 1968- author.

Series:

Oxford studies in modern European history.

Oxford Studies in Modern European History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--Russia (Federation).

Freedom of religion.

Russia--Religion.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the scope and character of religious freedom for Russia's diverse non-Orthodox religions during the tzarist regime.

Contents:

Cover; THE TSAR'S FOREIGN FAITHS TOLERATION AND THE FATE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Figures; Abbreviations and Citations; Note to the Reader; Introduction; THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA; 1: Early Modern Bequests; HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RUSSIAN TOLERATION; INTELLECTUAL AND IDEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; CONCLUSION; 2: The Multiconfessional Establishment; INSTITUTIONS; STATUTES; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; 3: Matters of Integrity; THE MISSIONARY IMPULSE-AND ITS LIMITS

CONVERSIONS BEYOND ORTHODOXYSECTS AND SCHISM; CONCLUSION; 4: The Rhetoric and Content of "Religious Toleration"; RELIGIOUS TOLERATION: ITS SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS; RHETORICAL INVOCATIONS; THE WIDER EUROPEAN FIELD; 5: Prospects of Reform; REFORM, FREEDOM, AND THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS; THE SPECIFICITIES OF NON-CHRISTIAN REFORM; CONCLUSION; 6: Depoliticizing Piety, Russifying Faith; RELIGION, NATIONALITY, POLITICS; A NEW BIRTH OF ANTI-CATHOLICISM; THE ARMENIAN CHURCH AS POLITICIZED NATIONAL FAITH; ANTICLERICALISM AND STIGMATIZATION; FAITH AND NATIONALITY DECOUPLED?

THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NON-ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS LIFECONCLUSION; 7: Towards Expanded Religious Freedom; INDEPENDENT RELIGIOUS INNOVATION: TSARIST SUBJECTS AS RELIGIOUS AGENTS; THE EMERGENCE OF "FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE"; CHRONIC "APOSTASY"; TOWARDS THE OCTOBER MANIFESTO; 8: Freedom of Conscience as Legislative Project; THE APRIL DECREE AND LEGALIZED "APOSTASY"; A LITANY OF DISCONTENT; LEGISLATIVE REVIEW: FROM THE IGNAT'EV COMMISSION TO THE STATE DUMA; THE DUMA DEBATES; THE LEGISLATIVE FATE OF "FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE"; CONCLUSION; 9: The Foreign Confessions in the Empire's Twilight

ADMINISTRATIVE LIBERALISM?FREEDOM THROUGH CONVERSION?; A QUEST FOR ALLIES?; CONCLUSION; Conclusion: Between Toleration and Freedom of Conscience; Select Bibliography; ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS; SOURCES; Index

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-166762-5

OCLC:

922972942