The Quest for Russia's Soul: Evangelicals and Moral Education in Post-Communist Russia

Author:   Perry L. Glanzer
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
ISBN:  

9780918954817


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2002
Format:   Hardback
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The Quest for Russia's Soul: Evangelicals and Moral Education in Post-Communist Russia


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"""Never mind Big Macs. The former Soviet republics are now opening their public school doors to teaching about Christianity,"" proclaimed USA Today in 1992. What were American evangelicals doing in Russian public schools? Actually, the Russian Ministry of Education had invited them. Faced with the need for new approaches to moral education after the demise of communism, the Russian Ministry of Education turned to a group of Western evangelical Christians called the CoMission for help. Oddly enough, a government that had promoted atheism, destroyed churches, and persecuted Christians for more than seventy years now found itself partnering with Christians to train their educators to teach ethics. This book not only tells the story of this odd educational enterprise and its ultimate outcome, but it also explores the questions that such a groundbreaking project inevitably raises. What led post-communist educators to seek help with moral education from Western Christians? How did the Russian Ministry of Education and the CoMission handle the church-state relationships that this endeavor produced? How did post-Soviet teachers respond? How did the Orthodox Church react? While a few books have described the changes in Russian public schools, this book provides the first in-depth case study of moral education in Russia after communism. This account of the CoMission - a group of eighty-three Christian organizations formed to instruct Russian public schoolteachers how to teach Christian ethics - provides unique insights both into post-communist Russia and Western evangelical movements. Interviews with more than one hundred people intimately involved in Russian education, politics, and evangelism make the narrative's analysis thorough, accessible, and personal. The author's comprehensive research and first-person experience result in an informative, instructive, and compelling book. Anyone with an interest in Russia, moral education, evangelism, or church-state issues will find this to be an important study."

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Author:   Perry L. Glanzer
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.416kg
ISBN:  

9780918954817


ISBN 10:   0918954819
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Introduction: Out of the Communist Desert Chapter One The Demise of Communist Moral Education and the Hand of God Chapter Two A Combustible Mixture: Evangelism, Ethics, and Politics Chapter Three The CoMission Chapter Four """"Choosing My Morality"""": Changing from Communist to Christian Moral Education Chapter Five The Results of the Quest: Christian Conversion Chapter Six The Battle for Russia's Soul: Russian Orthodoxy and the CoMission Chapter Seven Orthodoxy's Crusade Against Protestants and Proselytism Chapter Eight A Concluding Evaluation Appendices A. Methodology B. CoMission Member Organizations C. Protocol of Intention Between the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Executive Committee of the Christian Social Project """"The CoMission,"""" USA D. Opening Statement at International School Project Convocations References Index"

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Glanzer's original and path-breaking work successfully explicates the perspectives, as well as the strengths and weaknesses, of the major players in what came to be a troubled troika: The CoMission, the Russian education ministry, and the Russian Orthodox Church - Mark R. Elliott, Director of the Global Center, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University


"""Glanzer's original and path-breaking work successfully explicates the perspectives, as well as the strengths and weaknesses, of the major players in what came to be a troubled troika: The CoMission, the Russian education ministry, and the Russian Orthodox Church"" - Mark R. Elliott, Director of the Global Center, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University"


Author Information

PERRY L. GLANZER is a visiting professor at Russian-American Christian University in Moscow. A graduate of Rice University (B.A.) and Baylor University (M.A.), he received his Ph.D. in social ethics from the University of Southern California.

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