The Making of the New Martyrs of Russia

Soviet Repression in Orthodox Memory

Karin Christensen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-78696-6 (ISBN)

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Following the end of the Soviet Union the Russian Orthodox Church greatly increased the number of saints, taking the total from the approximately 300 canonised in the previous one thousand years to over 2,000 by 2006. This book explores this interesting phenomenon, and includes in-depth case studies of particular saints and their veneration.

Following the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church has canonized a great number of Russian saints. Whereas in the first millennium of Russian Christianity (988-1988) the Church recognized merely 300 Russian saints, the number had grown to more than 2,000 by 2006. This book explores the remarkable phenomenon of new Russian martyrdom. It outlines the process of canonization, examines how saints are venerated, and relates all this to the ways in which the Russian state and its people have chosen to remember the Soviet Union and commemorate the victims of its purges. The book includes in-depth case studies of particular saints and examines the diverse ways in which they are venerated.

Karin Hyldal Christensen holds a PhD in Russian Studies from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has lived in Russia for many years and currently writes and lectures on Russian Orthodoxy and history.

Introduction

Part I: Canonization

1. Canonization as an Exercise of Power

2. The Grand Narrative of New Martyrdom

3. Separating the Sheep from the Goats

Part II: Iconization

4. The Functional Aesthetics of Liturgical Art

5. Hagiography as a Plea for Imitation and an Argument for Sainthood

6. Depicting Sainthood

7. Saints in Texts and Images

Part III: Veneration

8. Butovo, the Making of a Site of Memory

9. Venerating and Missionizing the New Martyrs

10. Saints, Victims and Perpetrators

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	12.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 26 Halftones, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-78696-7 / 0415786967
ISBN-13	978-0-415-78696-6 / 9780415786966
Zustand	Neuware