Description
Book SynopsisEmbedded with lively portrayals of historical actors and vivid descriptions of political details,
A Spiritual Revolution is the first large-scale effort to fully identify exactly how Western progressive thought influenced the Russian Church.
Trade Review“Ivanov breaks new ground in his exploration of the link between Orthodoxy and Protestantism. Theological and political concepts are explained with clarity, and the evolution of abstract ideas is embedded in a lively portrayal of political and social history. It will become the go-to book on Russian Orthodoxy in the eighteenth century.”—Alexander M. Martin, author of
Enlightened Metropolis: Constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762–1855 “Tells a compelling and historiographically important story by way of intellectual and institutional archaeology. Ivanov brings historical nuance to a neglected and generally misunderstood piece of history.”—Patrick Lally Michelson, author of
Beyond the Monastery Walls: The Ascetic Revolution in Russian Orthodox Thought, 1814–1914 “Well-researched and provocative. . . . Engaging and thought provoking.”—
Canadian-American Slavic Studies
