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Unity in Faith?: Edinoverie, Russian Orthodoxy, and Old Belief, 1800-1918

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by James White

    • Author

      James White

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Indiana University Press

    • Published

      November 2020

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    Unity in Faith?: Edinoverie, Russian Orthodoxy, and Old Belief, 1800-1918

    Today's Price £38.72

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    Established in 1800, edinoverie (translated as "unity in faith") was intended to draw back those who had broken with the Russian Orthodox Church over ritual reforms in the 17th century. Called Old Believers, they had been persecuted as heretics. In time, the Russian state began tolerating Old Believers in order to lure them out of hiding and make use of their financial resources as a means of controlling and developing Russia's vast and heterogeneous empire. However, the Russian Empire was also an Orthodox state, and conversion from Orthodoxy constituted a criminal act. So, which was better for ensuring the stability of the Russian Empire: managing heterogeneity through religious toleration, or enforcing homogeneity through missionary campaigns? Edinoverie remained contested and controversial throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, as it was distrusted by both the Orthodox Church and the Old Believers themselves. The state reinforced this ambivalence, using edinoverie as a means by which to monitor Old Believer communities and employing it as a carrot to the stick of prison, exile, and the deprivation of rights. In Unity in Faith?, James White's study of edinoverie offers an unparalleled perspective of the complex triangular relationship between the state, the Orthodox Church, and religious minorities in imperial Russia.

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    • Author

      James White

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Indiana University Press

    • Published

      November 2020

    • Weight

      591g

    • Dimensions

      153 x 229 x 21 mm

    • ISBN

      9780253049704

    • ISBN-10

      0253049709

    • Eden Code

      5138860

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    • Author/Creator: James White

    • ISBN: 9780253049704

    • Publisher: Indiana University Press

    • Release Date: November 2020

    • Weight: 591g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 21 mm

    • Eden Code: 5138860

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