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U.S. Liberal Christian Press about the Russian Orthodox Church in the USSR (Case Study: “Christianity and Crisis” Magazine)
Annotation
PII
S207987840001394-2-1
DOI
10.18254/S0001394-2-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Aleksei Borzov 
Affiliation: Vladimir State University
Address: Russian Federation, Vladimir
Edition
Volume 8 Issue 3 (57)
Abstract
The article studies the image of the Russian Orthodox Church in the context of its life in the USSR in the 1940s—1980s as it is presented in the American magazine Christianity and Crisis. This magazine is a valuable primary source for studying religious and socio-political views of the mainstream Protestantism in the post-WW2 United States but until now it has not been involved into the Russian historical scholarship. Paying attention to interfaith and international dialogue this magazine published materials about the life of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union, including the issues of the Church’s freedom, its loyalty to the communist authorities and its influence in society, as well as liturgical life and ecumenical activities. The authors of the publications, on the one hand, were convinced in the superiority of Western Christianity and Western democracy, however, on the other hand, they molded a fairly attractive image of the Russian Orthodox Church. Both the warm comments and criticisms show a deep, detailed and unbiased insight of the members of U.S. Christian denominations into the Russian Church and its life in the Soviet Union.
Keywords
USA, USSR, Russian Orthodox Church, “Christianity and Crisis”, Christianity, liberal Protestantism, R. Niebuhr, J. Bennett, National Council of Churches
Received
16.04.2016
Publication date
24.04.2017
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.


 


 


 


 An Improbable Theological Conference // Christianity and Crisis. 1968. April 29. P. 93–95.


 


 


 


 The Russian Orthodox Church // Christianity and Crisis. 1963. February 18. P. 19–20.


 


 


 


Danvers Grove: InterVarsity Press 1990.


 


 


 


  


 


 


 


 Icons and Miracles: an Intensity of Faith // Christianity and Crisis. 1985. May 27. P. 201–205.


 


 


 


“A Bad Kind of Magic”: The Niebuhr Brothers on “Utilitarian Christianity” and the Defense of Democracy // Harvard Theological Review. Vol. 107. January 2014. P. 1–29.


 


 


 


. The Rise and Fall of “Christianity and Crisis” Magazine // Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Fall/Winter 2000. Vol. 83. P. 547–580.


 


 


 


 Russia Revisited. Part II // Christianity and Crisis. 1959. November 20. P. 159.


 


 


 


 The National Council Delegation to the Russian Church // Christianity and Crisis. 1956. April 30. P. 49–50.


 


 


 


. Faith and War. How Christians Debated the Cold and Vietnam Wars. New York: New York University Press, 2011.


 


 


 


. Soviet Russia – After Fifty Years // Christianity and Crisis. 1967. November 27. P. 271–275.


 


 


 


. Russia and Orthodoxy: Reasons for Hope – and Alarm // Christianity and Crisis. 1991. October 07. P. 310–311. 


 


 


 


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. The Visit of the Russian Churchmen // Christianity and Crisis. 1963. April 15. P. 54–55.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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