Globalization and orthodoxy in imperial Russia

Freeze, Gregory L.

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“…To truly understand the social moment in which Paskhov was operating and his ultimate impact, these wider contexts need to be considered. This is all the more the case when we consider that the Orthodox Church's renewed pastoral focus emerged in part as a response to the rapid growth in Evangelical Christianity, a 'transconfessional' borrowing of strategies and tactics aimed at strengthening Orthodoxy in the face of the new challenge [for transconfessionalism, see: Freeze 2017]. Third, Nikitin would be well advised to consult recent approaches to religious biography [Вера и личность], which might grant him the necessary conceptual lenses to better interrogate his subject.…”

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Colonel V. A. Pashkov: Leader of Russia’s Lost Reformation

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2021

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The reviewer considers Filipp Nikitin’s new book on Colonal Vasilii A. Pashkov, a Russian Evangelical leader in the 1870s and 1880s. A rich Russian aristocrat and landowner, Pashkov was an unlikely missionary, but his conversion at the hands of the British Lord Radstock in 1874 led to a lifetime of preaching and charity among both social elites and the lowest members of society. Although initially not in conflict with the Russian Orthodox Church, Pashkov’s increasing prominence and his efforts to unite Russia’s various Evangelical movements led to his exile in 1884, where he remained for the rest of his life. The reviewer compliments Nikitin’s comprehensive use of archival sources, drawn from a huge number of collections in Russia and abroad. This makes his book a significant contribution to the historiography, much of which is fragmented or out of date. The author’s decision to release previously unpublished documents in the book’s appendix is an excellent contribution. However, the reviewer points out that Nikitin quotes too much from and relies too heavily on source material, which drowns out his authorial voice: it is argued that the author should spend more time analysing the sources rather than just quoting them. The reviewer also suggests bringing in more contextualisation and consulting some of the recent conceptual approaches to religious biography.

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Colonel V. A. Pashkov: Leader of Russia’s Lost Reformation

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“…1 Чтобы в полной мере понять социальный процесс, частью которого стала деятельность Пашкова, необходимо учитывать эти контексты -особенно если считать акцент православной церкви на пастырском ответе быстрому росту евангельского христианства, то есть "трансконфессиональным" заимствованием стратегии и тактики, нацеленным на укрепление православия перед лицом нового вызова. 2 Слабое знакомство с этим контекстом ведет к поверхностным характеристикам православных деятелей, например, Рачинского как "педагога ортодоксально-православного направления" и протоиерея И. Л. Янышева, как человека, ставшего на сторону Пашкова в полемике с В. Поповым. Не зная о том, что И. Л. Янышев был основоположником нравственного богословия и участников экуменического диалога (со старокатоликами), читателю трудно понять его отношение к Пашкову.…”

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Pashkov (1831-1902): Life and Ministry by Filipp Nikitin

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“…On the one hand, indulgence was shown to the Old Believers and the press, including the ecclesiastical one, was liberalised, which allowed for the discussion of topics that would have been impossible even to mention in the first half of the 19 th century: the unification of the Russian and Anglican churches, "the needs of edinoverie" (a range of demands from the edinovertsy about widening their rights), and others [33]. A recent work by Gregory Freeze is dedicated to the dialogue between official Orthodoxy and the non-Orthodox confessions: he describes this process as "transconfessionalization", by which he means the strengthening of cooperation between different confessions, which resulted in various forms of reaction [34]. In the 1860s and 70s, the noteworthy missionary, translator, and teacher N. I. Il'minskii prepared a system aimed at the wider use of national languages in missionary activities and the translation of the liturgy, among other things [35].…”

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Confessional policies of the Russian empire with respect to religious minorities (1721–1905)

2018

Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies

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Russian state had multinational and polyconfessional character almost from the very beginning of its existence. From the 16th till the end of the 19th century it had to solve a problem of increasing religious diversity. The aim of the article is to find and analyze factors, which influenced relations between the state and religious minorities on the territories of the Russian empire. Over the course of research the following factors were found: the expansion of Russian territory and the inclusion of new peoples from the 16th to the 19th centuries, the relationship between the secular authorities and the official Church, the presence of a hierarchy of more or less harmful religious minorities, shifts that emerged when new monarchs and bureaucrats became occupied with questions of confessional management, and specific local conditions that were sharply distinct in the various parts of the empire. The article discusses duality and contradictions in religious policy of the Russian empire when two trends coexisted simultaneously, namely the trend toward unification of religious life of the country to improve stability, on the other hand, the trend toward religious toleration to decrease tensions and increase the loyalty of religious minorities. The paper also discusses factors influencing the formation of religious toleration towards religious minorities in different regions. The article concludes that, despite all contradictions, the religious policy of the Russian empire was successful. The manifesto of 1905 relieved tensions in relations between the state and religious minorities, and the religious question did not play significant role in the revolution of 1917.

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Globalization and orthodoxy in imperial Russia

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Colonel V. A. Pashkov: Leader of Russia’s Lost Reformation

Colonel V. A. Pashkov: Leader of Russia’s Lost Reformation

Pashkov (1831-1902): Life and Ministry by Filipp Nikitin

Confessional policies of the Russian empire with respect to religious minorities (1721–1905)

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