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Popular Religion in Russia

'Double Belief' and the Making of an Academic Myth [Paperback]

by Stella Rock

    • Author

      Stella Rock

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      May 2009

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      This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan traditions even into the twentieth century. This volume shows how the concept of dvoeverie arose with nineteenth-century scholars obsessed with the Russian 'folk' and was perpetuated as a propaganda tool in the Soviet period, colouring our perception of both popular faith in Russian and medieval Russian culture for over a century. It surveys the wide variety of uses of the term from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, and contrasts them to its use in modern historiography, concluding that our modern interpretation of dvoeverie would not have been recognized by medieval clerics, and that 'double-belief' is a modern academic construct. Furthermore, it offers a brief foray into medieval Orthodoxy via the mind of the believer, through the language and literature of the period.

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      • Author

        Stella Rock

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Published

        May 2009

      • Weight

        359g

      • Page Count

        252

      • Dimensions

        232 x 154 x 14 mm

      • ISBN

        9780415545358

      • ISBN-10

        0415545358

      • Eden Code

        4304353

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      • Author/Creator: Stella Rock

      • ISBN: 9780415545358

      • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Release Date: May 2009

      • Weight: 359g

      • Dimensions: 232 x 154 x 14 mm

      • Eden Code: 4304353


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