Comprehensive analysis of ecclesiastical documents and theological journals reveals a vibrant church movement
Focuses on the church's struggle for autonomy in pre-Bolshevik Russia for a deeper understanding of its evolution
Includes detailed accounts from bishops, priests, and professors to provide primary source evidence
Highlights the church's role in social, economic, and political transformations of the twentieth century
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A common assumption made by many historians of pre-Bolshevik Russia is that the Russian Orthodox Church was a moribund relic of the cultural past, content to serve as a quaint but sometimes oppressive instrument of the tsarist state. A Vanquished Hope effectively refutes this view. As the book demonstrates, ecclesiastical documents, bish
