Unity in Faith?: Edinoverie, Russian Orthodoxy, and Old Belief, 1800-1918

by James White and James M. White

Book Overview

Established in 1800, edinoverie (translated as "unity in faith") was intended to draw back those who had broken with the Russian Orthodox Church over ritual reforms in the 17th century. Called Old Believers, they had been persecuted as heretics. In time, the Russian state began tolerating Old Believers in order to lure them out of hiding and make use of their financial resources as a means of controlling and developing Russia's vast and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253049725
• ISBN13: 9780253049728
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"