Unity in Faith?

Edinoverie, Russian Orthodoxy, and Old Belief, 1800–1918

James White

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Indiana University Press
03 November 2020

Orthodox & Oriental Churches; Religious freedom & freedom of worship

"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 heterogeneous empire. However, the Russian Empire was also an Orthodox state, and conversion from Orthodoxy constituted a criminal act. So, which was better for ensuring the stability of the Russian Empire: managing heterogeneity through religious toleration, or enforcing homogeneity through missionary campaigns? Edinoverie remained contested and controversial throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, as it was distrusted by both the Orthodox Church and the Old Believers themselves. The state reinforced this ambivalence, using edinoverie as a means by which to monitor Old Believer communities and employing it as a carrot to the stick of prison, exile, and the deprivation of rights. In Unity in Faith?, James White's study of edinoverie offers an unparalleled perspective of the complex triangular relationship between the state, the Orthodox Church, and religious minorities in imperial Russia."

By: James White
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780253049704
ISBN 10: 0253049709
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 03 November 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Ritual and the Origins of Edinoverie 2. Edinoverie Transformed, 1801-1855 3. A ""Step to Orthodoxy"" No More, 1865-1886 4. Crisis, Reform, and Revolution, 1905-1918 5. Lived Edinoverie, 1825-1917 Conclusion: Decline, Disappearance, Reinvention Appendix A: The Rules of Metropolitan Platon, 27 September 1800 Appendix B: Replacements for the Rules of Platon, 1917-1918 Bibliography Index"

James White is Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for the Study of Primary Sources and the Laboratory for Archaeographical Studies at Ural Federal University.

Reviews for Unity in Faith?: Edinoverie, Russian Orthodoxy, and Old Belief, 1800–1918

Along the way, readers learn a great deal about the relationship between the Russian church and the state, and about the inner logics of a major religious schisms, whose lessons apply to Russian history and beyond. Religious history is often neglected in the history of late imperial Russia, and this book also helps to rectify that imbalance. * New Books Network *