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Russian Baptists and Spiritual Revolution, 1905-1929

by (author) Heather J. Coleman

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2005
Category
Eastern
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780253345721
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $58.95

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" . . . a fascinating read for everyone interested in Russia, religion, and modernity." “Nadieszda Kizenko

In the early 20th century, Baptists were the fastest-growing non-Orthodox religious group among Russians and Ukrainians. Heather J. Coleman traces the development of Baptist evangelical communities through a period of rapid industrialization, war, and revolution, when Russians found themselves asking new questions about religion and its place in modern life. Baptists' faith helped them navigate the problems of dissent, of order and disorder, of modernization and westernization, and of national and social identity in their changing society. Making use of newly available archival material, this important book reveals the ways in which the Baptists' own experiences, and the widespread discussions that they generated, illuminate the emergence of new social and personal identities in late Imperial and early Soviet Russia, the creation of a public sphere and a civic culture, and the role of religious ideas in the modernization process.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Heather J. Coleman is Canada Research Chair in Imperial Russian History and Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.

Editorial Reviews

"This meticulously researched book is the first national history of the Russian Baptists. . . . engaging and thought-provoking . . . [a] most welcome addition . . . .June 2009"?Laurie Manchester, Arizona State University