Robert Collins, "Global Tensions in the Russian Orthodox Diaspora "
English | ISBN: 103231401X | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 9 MB
English | ISBN: 103231401X | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This book explores the tensions that have arisen in the diaspora as a result of large numbers of Russian migrants entering established overseas parishes following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
These tensions, made more fervent by the increasing role of the Church as part of the expression of Russian identity and by the Church’s entry into the global ‘culture wars’, carry with them alternative views of a range of key issues – cosmopolitanism versus reservation, liberalism versus conservatism and ecumenism versus dogmatism.
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