Church and State in Russia : The Last Years of the Empire 1900–1917

Describes the relations between Orthodoxy and Autocracy, the economic position of the church, and religious education in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. Preface Contents PART I. A Thousand Years of Church and State I. An Outline of Russian Church History to the Year 1900; Moscow as “the Third Rome” PART II. The Church at the Beginning Of the Twentieth Century II. The Russian Church as a State Institution at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century III. The Economic Position of the Church IV. Religious Education and Indoctrination: Monopolies of the Orthodox Church PART III. Liberalism and Conservatism During the Revolution of 1905 V. A Free Church in a Free State? VI. “God Is High Above and the Tsar Is Far Away” PART IV. The Interval between Revolutions 1908–17 VII. The Years of Neglected Opportunity VIII. Plus Ça Change IX. The Sway of Rasputin Bibliography Index