Christian religion in the Soviet Union : a sociological study /
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| Author / Creator: | Lane, Christel. |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, 1978. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : map (on lining papers) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101233 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- Methodological considerations
- Theoretical perspectives
- Historical antecedents
- 2. The Russian Orthodox Church I
- The Church in the sixties and seventies
- Socio-demographic distribution and social composition of membership
- Organisational structure and religious functionaries
- 3. The Russian Orthodox Church II
- Dimensions of religious commitment among contemporary Russian Orthodox
- Some explanations for the persistence of Orthodox religion
- 4. Orthodox Sects of the Soviet Period
- True Orthodox Christians
- 5. The Old Russian Sects
- The Khlysts
- The Skoptsy
- The Dukhobors
- The Molokans
- 6. Old Believers
- Historical development and present trends
- Sociopolitical responses of Old Believers
- The social composition of Old Believers
- The nature of religious commitment among Old Believers
- 7. Baptists
- Sect membership
- 'Sect'-like and 'denominational' tendencies
- The schism in 1961 and the emergence of the Initsiativniks
- The socio-demographic distribution and social composition of Baptists
- The socio-demographic distribution and social composition of the Initsiativnik sect
- Explanations of the schism
- The moral community
- 8. The Smaller Sects of Western Origin
- Seventh Day Adventists
- Pentecostalists
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- 9. Religion and Nationality I
- Lutherans and Mennonites
- 10. Religion and Nationality II
- The Roman Catholic Church
- The Lithuanian Catholic Church
- 11. Conclusion
- Types of religious collectivities and their development
- The incidence and social distribution of religiosity in Soviet society
- Qualitative changes in religious ideology, organisation and individual religiosity
- Appendix A.
- List 1. Registered urban congregations of the AUCECB
- List 2. Geographical distribution of Initsiativniks
- Appendix B.
- The organisational strength of the Roman Catholic Church in the Soviet Union (except Lithuania)
- References
- Index