Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia
Subtitle: The New War for Souls (Religion & Human Rights Series)
Contributors: John Witte (Editor); Michael Bourdeaux (Editor)
Edition: 1st Ed edition
Publisher: Orbis Books; Brand: Orbis Books
Published: August 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781570752629
Subjects: Orthodox Churches; Sociology, Social Studies; Russia (Federation); Eastern Christian Churches; Church And Society; Russkaëiìa pravoslavnaëiìa ëtìserkov§; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Evangelistic work; Christianity - History - General; Christianity - Orthodox; Russkaia pravoslavnaia t; Christianity - General; Church history; History
First sentence: The Russian Orthodox Church which in 1988 emerged battered but triumphant into the environment of contemporary religious liberty was a strange creature.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.