Religion and society in Russia : the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Paul Bushkovitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bushkovitch, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History--16th century.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--History--17th century.

Russia--Church history.

Russia.

Russia--Church history--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book traces the evolution of religious attitudes in an important transitional period in Russian history. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Russia saw the gradual decline of monastic spirituality, the rise of miracle cults, and ultimately the birth of a more personal and privatefaith that stressed morality instead of public rituals. Bushkovitch not only skillfully reconstructs these rapid and fundamental changes in the Russian religious experience, but also shows how they were influenced by European religious ideas and how they foreshadowed the secularization of Russiansociety usu

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Russian History and Russian Orthodoxy; 1. Orthodoxy in the Sixteenth Century; 2. The Landholding Class and Its Religious World; 3. The Church in the Seventeenth Century; 4. Saints and Miracles in Church Policy; 5. The Era of Miracles; 6. The Beginnings of Change; 7. The Rise of the Sermon; Conclusion; Appendix: The Manuscripts of Epifanii Slavinetskii's Sermons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60129-822-6

1-280-44095-3

0-19-536152-0

1-4237-6449-8

OCLC:

935260524