Colonizing Russia's Promised Land: Orthodoxy and Community on the Siberian Steppe

Author:   Aileen E. Friesen
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781442637191


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Aileen E. Friesen
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781442637191


ISBN 10:   1442637196
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 A Settler Diocese 2 Churches as a National Project 3 Parishes under Construction 4 The Politics of Pastoring 5 Living and Dying among Strangers 6 An Anthill of Baptists in a Land of Muslims Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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This work does fill an important gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Orthodox Church's important role in Russifying the empire's Siberian frontier in the last decades of the tsarist regime. It should be of interest to scholars specializing in Russian imperial history as well as the history of Christian missions in settler colonial situations. -- Sergei Kan, Dartmouth College * <em>The Russian Review</em> * In this engaging monograph, Aileen Friesen examines the role of the Orthodox Church in colonizing, Russifying, and civilizing the Siberian frontier between 1895 and the Bolshevik Revolution. -- J. Eugene Clay, Arizona State University * <em>Sibirica</em> *


Aileen E. Friesen is to be credited for engaging studies of empire broadly as well as comparative religious aspects of empire-building more specifically. - Christine D. Worobec, Department of History, Northern Illinois University This groundbreaking study of settler colonialism uncovers its failure in the myriad of disagreements among peasant settlers as well as clergymen as to what constituted the Russian Orthodox faith they sought to transplant to Siberia. - Laurie Manchester, Department of History, Arizona State University


"""This work does fill an important gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Orthodox Church’s important role in Russifying the empire’s Siberian frontier in the last decades of the tsarist regime. It should be of interest to scholars specializing in Russian imperial history as well as the history of Christian missions in settler colonial situations."" -- Sergei Kan, Dartmouth College * <em>The Russian Review</em> * ""In this engaging monograph, Aileen Friesen examines the role of the Orthodox Church in colonizing, Russifying, and ""civilizing"" the Siberian frontier between 1895 and the Bolshevik Revolution."" -- J. Eugene Clay, Arizona State University * <em>Sibirica</em> * ""Friesen’s work makes a valuable contribution to the growing historiography on Siberia and more broadly on Orthodox identity and lived religion as she exposes the diversity of ‘authentic expression of Orthodox belief.’ Her writing is rich with vivid descriptions of the Siberian landscape and amusing anecdotes that bring the conflicts and contradictions over the nuances of religious ritual to life."" -- A.J. Demoskoff, Briercrest College and Seminary * <em>Journal of Mennonite Studies</em> *"


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Aileen E. Friesen is an assistant professor and Co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

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