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Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian
Orthodox Church's social and political role and its relationship to
civil society in post-Communist Russia. It shows how Orthodox
prelates, clergy and laity have shaped Russians' attitudes towards
religious and ideological pluralism, which in turn have influenced
the ways in which Russians understand civil society, including
those of its features - pluralism and freedom of conscience - that
are essential for a functioning democracy. It shows how the
official church, including the Moscow Patriarchate, has impeded the
development of civil society, while on the other hand the
non-official church, including nonconformist clergy and lay
activists, has promoted concepts central to civil society.
In 1969, at the height of the Cold War, a group of British
Christian researchers and activists, moved by the persecution of
believers in the Soviet Union, established an organization
dedicated to the study of religion under communism. They had two
major goals: to educate the public about religious persecution and
to promote academic analysis of religion in communist societies.
The organization they founded, eventually named Keston College,
amassed an extraordinary collection of primary source and research
materials, used by its personnel to document the experiences of
persecuted believers in the Soviet bloc and beyond and to publicize
human rights violations against believers of all faiths. This
formed the basis of a unique collection, called the Keston Archive,
now at Baylor University. Voices of the Voiceless, edited by Julie
deGraffenried and Zoe Knox, presents readers with twenty-five
essays on a curated selection of images and artifacts from the
Keston Archive. Some of the world's leading authorities on religion
and communism as well as experts personally involved with the
operation of Keston College carefully selected and provided
commentary for these images. The archival material presented in the
book offers vivid testimony of this critically important era in the
history of religion and of the Cold War. A guided look into the
past, Voices of the Voiceless reveals the power of what atheist and
antireligious regimes sought to silence. This collection documents
how believers fought for religious freedom, coped with oppression,
and practiced their faith, individually and collectively, in states
hostile to religion. It also presents atheist propaganda produced
by communist regimes that aimed to marginalize and ultimately
eradicate religion. This book offers insights into how faith
survived - and even flourished - during one of the most intense
antireligious campaigns of the modern era.
This book examines the historic tensions between Jehovah's
Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations,
established churches and the broader public. Witnesses originated
in the 1870s as small, loose-knit groups calling themselves Bible
Students. Today, there are some eight million Witnesses worldwide,
all actively engaged in evangelism under the direction of the Watch
Tower Society. The author analyses issues that have brought them
global visibility and even notoriety, including political
neutrality, public ministry, blood transfusion, and anti-ecumenism.
It also explores anti-Witness discourse, from media portrayals of
the community as marginal and exotic to the anti-cult movement.
Focusing on varied historical, ideological and national contexts,
the book argues that Witnesses have had a defining influence on
conceptions of religious tolerance in the modern world.
Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian
Orthodox Church's social and political role and its relationship to
civil society in post-Communist Russia. It shows how Orthodox
prelates, clergy and laity have shaped Russians' attitudes towards
religious and ideological pluralism, which in turn have influenced
the ways in which Russians understand civil society, including
those of its features - pluralism and freedom of conscience - that
are essential for a functioning democracy. It shows how the
official church, including the Moscow Patriarchate, has impeded the
development of civil society, while on the other hand the
non-official church, including nonconformist clergy and lay
activists, has promoted concepts central to civil society.
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