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Summary:

"Set in the framework of Czesław Miłosz's classic The Captive Mind, this is the story of Russia's descent into authoritarianism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in that descent, and a courageous priest's moral struggles to preserve freedom"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Beginnings
• The letters
• The awakening
• Western perceptions and Soviet realities
• Gleb Yakunin, Henry Dakin, and the defense of religious liberty
• "I thank God for the fate he has given me"
• The outcast
• Return
• Lifting the cover
• Priest and politician
• Hope and the twisted road.

Author/Creator:

Daniel, Wallace L. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Freedom and the captive mind: Fr. Gleb Yakunin and Orthodox Christianity in Soviet Russia [by Daniel, W.L.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Freedom and the captive mind [by Daniel, W.L.] (Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 — ISBN 9781501777356; LCCN 2023059466)

Related Series:

NIU series in Orthodox Christian studies

Subjects:

I︠A︡kunin, Gleb, 1935-2014

I︠A︡kunin, Gleb, 1935-2014 — Influence

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ — History — 20th century

Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ — History — 21st century

Church and state — Russia (Federation)

Freedom of religion — Russia (Federation)

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BX597.I18 D36 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781501777356 (electronic bk.)
1501777351 (electronic bk.)
9781501777332 [Invalid]
1501777335 [Invalid]
9781501777349 [Invalid]
1501777343 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1455754802

Other Control Numbers:

3871684 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306672583