His Kingdom Come
Subtitle: Orthodox Pastorship and Social Activism in Revolutionary Russia
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: February 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780875803821
Subjects: History of religion; Orthodox Churches; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Christianity - Orthodox; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History; 20th century; Church and social problems; Church and state; Russia; Russkadi8a pravoslavnadi8a dt8serkovº; Russkaëiìa pravoslavnaëiìa ëtìserkov§
Description: "Jennifer Hedda analyzes the ideas and activities of the parish clergy serving in St. Petersburg, the capital of imperial Russia, in order to discover how the Russian Orthodox Church responded theologically and pastorally to the profound social, economic, and cultural changes that transformed Russia during the 19th and early 20th centuries." "His Kingdom Come challenges many common assumptions about the Orthodox Church as a weak and passive institution that did not respond to the demands of the modern world-demonstrating that it played an active and creative role in late imperial society, albeit on its own terms rather than those of its secular critics. This book will be of particular interest to those who study the politics and society of Russia in the imperial period, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the modern era, the relationship of religious institutions to society and culture, and the history of religious-social thought in other post Enlightenment societies."--book jacket.