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A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian Orthodoxy

by Nathaniel Davis

Author Information: Nathaniel Davis is the Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Harvey Mudd College. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service for thirty-six years, in Moscow, as assistant secretary of state, as ambassador in three posts, and as Lyndon B. Johnson's senior advisor on Soviet and Eastern European affairs. (Perseus Books Bio)

Book Description: Drawing on newly opened Soviet archives, Davis (emeritus, humanities, Harvey Mudd College), who served the US as an expert on Soviet affairs, presents a secular history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 20th century. This update of the 1995 edition includes recent challenges, e.g., Protestant proselytizers and internecine power plays, that have supplanted those from Communist rule.

 
Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russian Orthodox Church hung on the brink of institutional extinction twice in the past 65 years. (Booknews and Powell's)


Recommendation: This book was recommended to me by frequent Orange Ukraine reader and commenter WRY. Perseus books has an extensive list of other positive reviews of the book.

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