A VANQUISHED HOPE: THE MOVEMENT FOR CHURCH RENEWAL IN RUSSIA, 1905-1906.

Cunningham, James W.

ISBN 10: 0913836702 / ISBN 13: 9780913836705

Published by Chrestwood: St. Vladimir's Sem. Pr. 1981., 1997

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5" x 8" PB; G/VG, clean. 384 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A VANQUISHED HOPE: THE MOVEMENT FOR CHURCH RENEWAL IN RUSSIA, 1905-1906.
• Publisher: Chrestwood: St. Vladimir's Sem. Pr. 1981.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913836702
• ISBN 13: 9780913836705
• Binding: Soft cover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A common assumption made by many historians of pre-Bolshevik Russia is that the Russian Orthodox Church was a moribund relic of the cultural past, content to serve as a quaint but sometimes oppressive instrument of the tsarist state. A Vanquished Hope effectively refutes this view. As the book demonstrates, ecclesiastical documents, bishops' reports and theological journals reveal a widespread movement to revitalize the church in its structures and life, a movement concerned above all with the church's emancipation from state control. The concerns and activities of priests, prelates and professors, culminating in the preparations for a national church council, are set forward with a wealth of detail in this fascinating study.