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- 9780875804095
- Book Title
- Bodies like Bright Stars : Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Christian Church / History, Christianity / Orthodox, History
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 292 Pages
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While Russian Orthodox theologians celebrated saints as paragons of virtue and piety whose lives were to be emulated in the search for salvation, ordinary believers routinely sought the assistance of the holy dead for commonplace and earthly matters. The Orthodox faithful were more likely to pray to the saints for help in the everyday concerns...
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Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0875804098
ISBN-13
9780875804095
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Book Title
Bodies like Bright Stars : Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Christian Church / History, Christianity / Orthodox, History
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
292 Pages
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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
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Bx577.G74 2009
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"Readable and witty. Integrating Western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, imperial officials, and Bolsheviks--from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." --Roy R. Robson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki "...[the Bolsheviks] were not wrong in connecting popular piety with the cult of saints' relics, as Robert Greene demonstrates so eloquently in this fascinating monograph....This is an important book that will be of interest to anyone working on Orthodoxy, on religion and modernity, or on religion and revolutionary states." --Church History , "Readable and witty. Integrating Western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, imperial officials, and Bolsheviks-from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." -Roy R. Robson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki, Readable and witty. Integrating Western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, imperial officials, and Bolsheviks—from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." —Roy R. Robson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki "...[the Bolsheviks] were not wrong in connecting popular piety with the cult of saints' relics, as Robert Greene demonstrates so eloquently in this fascinating monograph....This is an important book that will be of interest to anyone working on Orthodoxy, on religion and modernity, or on religion and revolutionary states." —Church History , "Readable and witty. Integrating Western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, imperial officials, and Bolsheviks--from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." --Roy R. Robson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki
Table of Content
Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Problem of Incorruptibility 2. Going to See the Saints: Miracles, Shrines, and Relics 3. Making Saints: Canonization and Community 4. The Revolution and the Saints 5. Toppling the Saints from Their Thrones: The Bolshevik Exhumation of Holy Relics 6. Relics in Red Russia: Orthodox Responses to the Exhumation Campaign Epilogue and Conclusion: The Passing of the Saints? Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-032478
Dewey Decimal
235/.2088281947
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Niu Series in Orthodox Christian Studies
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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