Cross and Kremlin: A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Russia

Name: Cross and Kremlin: A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Russia
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ISBN: 9780802869623

ISBN-10: 0802869629

ISBN-13: 9780802869623

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thomas Bremer, Eric W. Gritsch

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"Cross and Kremlin" uniquely surveys both the history and the contemporary situation of the Russian Orthodox Church. The first chapter gives a concise chronology from the tenth century through the present day. The following chapters highlight several important issues and aspects of Russian Orthodoxy -- church-state relations, theology, ecclesiastical structure, monasticism, spirituality, the relation of Russian Orthodoxy to the West, dissidence as a frequent phenomenon in Russian church history, and more.]]

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface to the English Edition


Introduction


Practical Pointers



Demarcations


Subject Matter


Territory



Epochs


Christianization


The Kievan Rus'


From the Rus' to the Moscow Empire


The Reforms of Peter the Great and the Synodical Phase


The Twentieth Century



Christianization and Expansion


Early Christianity before the "Baptism of the Rus'"


Christianization


Shift to the North


The Missionary Work of the Russian Church


Emigration and Schisms



Ecclesiastical Structures


The Juridical Dependence on Constantinople


Autocephaly and Patriarchy


The Synodical Phase


The Local Council of 1917


The Russian Orthodox Church Today



Church and State


Byzantine "Symphony" in the Rus' and in the Moscow Empire


The Russian Church and the Enlightened State


The Church under Communism


Church and National Identity after 1991



Theology and Religious Thought


The Byzantine Legacy


Western Influence


Philosophy of Religion in the Nineteenth Century


Theological Departures in the Twentieth Century



Monasticism


The Kiev Cave Monastery


The Dispute about Monastic Property


The Startsy



Spirituality and Religiosity


The "Prayer of the Heart"


Iconic Piety


Religious Practice Today


Orthodoxy and Identity



Russian Orthodoxy and the West


Influence and Threat


Union Decrees


Ecumenical Relations



Dissidence


Early Diverging Theological Developments


The Old Believers


Russian Sects


Religious Dissenters in the USSR


Chronological Table


Bibliography


Index of Persons


Index of Places


Index of Subjects