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Title

Proselytism and orthodoxy in Russia : the new war for souls / John Witte, Jr., Michael Bourdeaux, editors.

Publication

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Witte, John, Jr., 1959-
• Bourdeaux, Michael.

Description

xiv, 353 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Few of the struggles Russia has undergone since the fall of Communism have been fiercer than that being fought between the long-repressed Russian Orthodox Church and a host of groups seeking to evangelize the Russian people. This volume assesses the legitimacy of the Orthodox attempt to reclaim the spiritual and moral heart of the Russian people and to retain their adherence in a new, pluralistic world where many Christians and followers of other traditions seek the right to establish themselves. Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia also brings together the latest scholarship on the new Russian laws regarding religion as well as suggesting guidelines for foreign missionaries in Russia."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Religion & human rights series

Uniform Title

Religion & human rights series

Subject

• Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ > History
• Orthodox Eastern Church > Russia (Federation) > History
• Orthodox Eastern Church
• Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ
• Evangelistic work > Russia (Federation)
• Evangelistic work
• Evangelisation
• Religionsgemeinschaft
• Proselitisme
• Evangelisation
• Russia (Federation) > Church history
• Russia (Federation)
• Russland

Genre/Form

• Church history.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Russian Orthodox Church and foreign Christianity : the legacy of the past / Philip Walters -- Orthodox Christianity and the Russian transformation / James H. Billington -- Gospel and culture / Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensky and Kaliningrad -- Interreligious relations in Russia after 1917 / Aleksandr Shchipkov -- Russian Catholicism : relic or reality? / Sergei Filatov and Lyudmila Vorontsova -- Proselytizing and the Muslim Umma of Russia : historical heritage or ethno-national threat? / Donna E. Arzt -- Relations between Russian Orthodoxy and Judaism / Yuriy Tabak -- Seventh-day Adventists / Mikhail M. Kulakov -- Sects and new religious movements in post-Soviet Russia / Sergei Filatov -- The quality of mercy : a once-only opportunity / Michael Bourdeaux -- Protestant missionaries in the former Soviet Union / Park Elliott and Anita Deyneka -- Reflections on church and state in Russian history / Firuz Kazemzadeh -- The law of the Russian federation on the freedom of conscience and religious associations from a human rights perspective / T. Jeremy Gunn -- Freedom of religion in Russia : an amicus brief for the defendant / Harold J. Berman -- Federal and provincial religious freedom laws in Russia : a struggle for and against federalism and the rule of law / Lauren B. Homer and Lawrence A. Uzzell -- Guidelines for American missionaries in Russia / Lawrence A. Uzzell -- Guidelines for foreign missionaries in the former Soviet Union / Anita Deyneka.

ISBN

• 1570752621
• 9781570752629

LCCN

99021682

OCLC

• ocm40948472
• 40948472
• SCSB-799676

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library