Description
Book SynopsisTraces the development of Baptist evangelical communities through a period of rapid industrialization, war, and revolution. This book reveals the ways in which the Baptists' own experiences, and the discussions that they generated, illuminate the emergence of social and personal identities in late Imperial and early Soviet Russia.
Trade ReviewThis meticulously researched book is the first national history of the Russian Baptists. . . . engaging and thought-provoking . . . [a] most welcome addition . . . .June 2009
-- Laurie Manchester * Arizona State University *
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Spiritual Revolutions and Soul Wars
Part I. Organizing for the Russian Reformation
1. The Damned Shtundist: The Russian Evangelical Movement to 1905
2. The Era of "Open Storm": Baptist Organization and Community after 1905
3. A Community of Converts: Conversion Narratives and Social Experience
Part II. The Most Dangerous Sect
4. The Baptist Challenge
5. Russian Baptists and the "German Faith"
6. Dashed Hopes: 1910–1917
Part III. A Spiritual Revolution
7. The Revolution of the Spirit
8. Revolution and Opportunity
9. A Mixed Blessing: Sectarian Pacifism and Political Legitimacy
10. Parallel Lives? Religious Activism and Godless Fears
Afterword
Glossary and Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
