The Parish Clergy in Nineteenth-Century Russia : : Crisis, Reform, Counter-Reform / / Gregory L. Freeze.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Freeze, Gregory L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 109
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (546 p.)

This volume attempts to put the clergy in the context of the issues and debates of the nineteenth century, treating the social history of the clergy, the repeated attempts to reform it, and the impact of these reforms on the structure and outlook of rank-and file parish clergy.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Church and Clergy in Prereform Russia -- Introduction -- 1. Dual Power, Dual Coniict -- 2. The Structure and Economics of Parish Service -- 3. The Seminary: Training for the Priesthood in Russia -- 4. Service and SosIovie -- PART TWO: Great Reforms in Russian Orthodoxy -- Introduction -- 5. Emergence of the Clerical Question -- 6. An Invitation to Society -- 7. Great Reforms in the Church and Clergy -- Part Three: From Reform to Revolution -- Introduction -- 8. The Great Reforms: Implementation and Impact -- 9. The Politics and Quandaries of Counter-Reform -- 10. Reform and Revolution -- Glossary -- A Note on Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index