In the Shadow of Antichrist : The Old Believers of Alberta /
The 'Old Believers' constitute the most conservative branch of Eastern Christendom. They are determined to remain separate from the rest of society, which they believe to have succumbed to the agents of antichrist. The text enables us to understand both Christian culture and traditional cu...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, NY :
Broadview Press,
1991.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude in Muscovy
- Muscovite Xenophobia
- The Quest for Authenticity
- The Raskol
- The Old Believers
- Popovtsy and Bezpopovtsy
- The Demise of Muscovy
- Berezovka
- The Setting
- The People
- Historical and Geographical Origins
- Community and Family
- Community Organization
- Kinship and the Family
- The Economy
- Orthodoxy and its Interpretation
- Written Tradition
- Oral Tradition
- Ritual Calendar
- Symbols of Orthodoxy: The ChurchPublic Devotion
- Sacramentals
- Sacraments
- Symbols of Orthodoxy: The Home
- Nature and the Christian Home
- Food and Drink
- Appearance and Sexuality
- Old Belief in Context
- Puritanism
- Ritualism
- Authenticity
- East and West
- Notes
- Bibliography