| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 340 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies |
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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| Contents |
Becoming "Brother Ioann"-Belief, Behavior, and Image -- An Extraordinary Man on A Sober Mission -- Sober Brothers-Male Trezvenniki Tell their Stories -- Sober Sisters-the Voices of Trezvennitsy -- Not in Good Faith-the Orthodox Church's Case against Brother Ioann, 1910-1914 -- An Unorthodox Conversation-Sober Responses to the Church -- Revolutionary Sobriety-Challenges and Opportunities, 1917-1927 -- The End of it All? The Soviet State's Campaign against the Trezvenniki -- Promises of an Afterlife-Holy Sobriety after Brother Ioann's Death -- Sober Truths during Late Socialism -- Epilogue: The Past is Present |
| Summary |
"This book examines the lived religious experience and official repression of a primarily working-class community associated with the lay Orthodox preacher and healer Brother Ioann Churikov across Russia's twentieth century, highlighting patterns of change and continuity between Russia's tsarist and Soviet pasts"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2023) |
| Subject |
Ioann Samarskiĭ, Brother -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Ioann Samarskiĭ, Brother fast |
| Subject |
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ fast |
| Subject |
Spiritual healing -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Spiritual healing
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023003100 |
| ISBN |
9781501771156 |
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1501771159 |
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9781501771163 |
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1501771167 |
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