Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia

by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Book Overview

How is religious conversion transforming American democracy? In one corner of Appalachia, a group of American citizens has embraced the Russian Orthodox Church and through it Putin's New Russia. Historically a minority immigrant faith in the United States, Russian Orthodoxy is attracting Americans who look to Russian religion and politics for answers to Western secularism and the loss of traditional family values in the face of accelerating progressivism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823299503
• ISBN13: 9780823299508
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"