Russian Orthodox Diaspora as a Global Religion after 1918
World wars and revolutionary upheavals of the twentieth century set off a number of streams of refugees and led, inter alia, to the dissolution of traditional religious geographies. Russian Orthodoxy was also affected following the 1917 October Revolution. The following contribution is dedicated to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
[2018]
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-24 |
| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
1917 October Revolution
B Russian Orthodoxy global B Migration B Diaspora B First World War B Church History |
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| Summary: | World wars and revolutionary upheavals of the twentieth century set off a number of streams of refugees and led, inter alia, to the dissolution of traditional religious geographies. Russian Orthodoxy was also affected following the 1917 October Revolution. The following contribution is dedicated to the development of a worldwide polycentric Orthodoxy of Russian origin and to the various survival and assimilation strategies of such groups in the diaspora. |
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| ISSN: | 1750-0230 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in world christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/swc.2018.0202 |