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Holy Women of Russia

Author : Brenda Meehan
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Holy Women of Russia written by Brenda Meehan and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the widow Tuchkova, hermit Anastasiia and peasant Matrona Naumova, to the aristocratic Aleksandra Shmakova and the Abbess Taisiia, each of these diverse women craved and created environments that combined monastic solitude with a community of like-minded women. "Rich and poor, middle-aged and young...out of the pain at the loss of a cherished husband and child, or the boredom of aristocratic social life, or the shattering power of a mystic vision, or the simple but incorrigible habit of giving shelter for the night to the homeless", each woman answered the "jarring, life-disturbing call to abandon oneself to God". Meehan shows the sources and qualities of their holiness, how each woman represented a particular aspect of Orthodox spirituality, and how aspects of women's religious ideals, including community, service, and reconciliation, marked the religious communities they founded. In studying their lives we see virtures embodies, dark undersides redeemed, and the daily struggle of community life. "I have called these women holy", Meehan writes, "holy in the ordinary sense of the word, meaning people leading devout and godly lives dedicated to the service of God. None of them is considered an official saint of the church...But these women were held up in their time as exemplars of the holy life, models of holiness deserving of imitation. And their stories speak to us even today, for as John Coleman has said of saints, 'they invite us to conceptuzlize our lives in terms other than mastery, usefulness, autonomy, and control.' These women believed, and shock us into believing, in a world in which virture has meaning".

Holy Women of Russia

Author : Meehan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780060655235
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Holy Women of Russia written by Meehan and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Holy Women of Byzantium

Author : Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022480
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book Holy Women of Byzantium written by Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These ten holy women, whose vitae range from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, represent a wide variety of Byzantine female saints. From nuns disguised as monks to desert harlots, these holy women exemplify some of the divergent paths to sanctification in Byzantium. These vitae are also notable for their details of Byzantine life, providing information on family life and household management, monastic routines, and even a smallpox epidemic. Life of St. Mary/Marinos Life of St. Matrona of Perge Life of St. Mary of Egypt Life of St. Theoktiste of Lesbos Life of St. Elisabeth the Wonderworker Life of St. Athanasia of Aegina Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike Life of St. Mary the Younger Life of St. Thoma s of Lesbos Life of St. Theodora of Arta

Russian Women, 1698-1917

Author : Robin Bisha
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253109385
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Russian Women, 1698-1917 written by Robin Bisha and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-16 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection offers a treasure trove of primary sources of interest to students of women's history. Carefully introduced and annotated, these documents illustrate the diversity of Russian women's lives." -- Barbara Alpern Engel "There is no other work that offers such a wide variety of documents and such a successful combination of literary and historical materials." -- Ann Hibner Koblitz This rich anthology of source materials makes available for the first time in any language a multitude of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution. The selections are drawn from a wide variety of documents, published and unpublished, including memoirs, diaries, legal codes, correspondence, short fiction, poetry, ethnographic observations, and folklore. Primacy is given to sources produced by women and previously unavailable in English translation. Organized thematically, the documents focus on women's family life, work and schooling, public activism, creative self-expression, and sexuality and spirituality, as well as on the cultural ideals and legal framework which constrained women of all social classes.

The Return of Holy Russia

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620558114
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Return of Holy Russia written by Gary Lachman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia’s identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilization • Examines Russia’s spiritual history, from its pagan origins and Eastern Orthodox mysticism to secret societies, Rasputin, Roerich, Blavatsky, and Dostoyevsky • Explains the visionary writings of the spiritual philosophers of Russia’s Silver Age, which greatly influence Putin today • Explores what Russia’s unique identity and its history of messianic politics and apocalyptic thought mean for its future on the world stage At the turn of the 20th century, a period known as the Silver Age, Russia was undergoing a powerful spiritual and cultural rebirth. It was a time of magic and mysticism that saw a vital resurgence of interest in the occult and a creative intensity not seen in the West since the Renaissance. This was the time of the God-Seekers, pilgrims of the soul and explorers of the spirit who sought the salvation of the world through art and ideas. These sages and their visions of Holy Russia are returning to prominence now through Russian president Vladimir Putin, who, inspired by their ideas, envisions a new “Eurasian” civilization with Russia as its leader. Exploring Russia’s long history of mysticism and apocalyptic thought, Gary Lachman examines Russia’s unique position between East and West and its potential role in the future of the world. Lachman discusses Russia’s original Slavic paganism and its eager adoption of mystical and apocalyptic Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He explores the Silver Age and its “occult revival” with a look at Rasputin’s prophecies, Blavatsky’s Theosophy, Roerich’s “Red Shambhala,” and the philosophies of Berdyaev and Solovyov. He looks at Russian Rosicrucianism, the Illuminati Scare, Russian Freemasonry, and the rise of other secret societies in Russia. He explores the Russian character as that of the “holy fool,” as seen in the great Russian literature of the 19th century, especially Dostoyevsky. He also examines the psychic research performed by the Russian government throughout the 20th century and the influence of Evola and the esoteric right on the spiritual and political milieus in Russia. Through in-depth exploration of the philosophies that inspire Putin’s political regime and a look at Russia’s unique cultural identity, Lachman ponders what they will mean for the future of Russia and the world. What drives the Russian soul to pursue the apocalypse? Will these philosophers lead Russia to dominate the world, or will they lead it into a new cultural epoch centered on spiritual power and mystical wisdom?

Thorn Trees and Scythe Maidens

Author : Margaret Smythe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974303809
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Thorn Trees and Scythe Maidens written by Margaret Smythe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive collection to date of the holy women (around 400) of the first thousand years of Christianity in Britain and Ireland. Sr Margaret Smythe is a ryassaphor nun of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Staritsa

Author : Donald A. Guglielmi
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498289401
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Staritsa written by Donald A. Guglielmi and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is the first work to highlight Catherine Doherty's vocation to spiritual motherhood. Drawing upon primary archival sources, the author traces Catherine's development as a staritsa, or spiritual mother in the Russian-Eastern tradition. Of particular interest are the chapters dealing with Catherine's exercise of spiritual motherhood for priests and laity alike. Previously unpublished letters of spiritual direction between Catherine and her major spiritual directors offer the reader a privileged glimpse into the soul of this servant of God and her spiritual children, as she grows in her vocation as staritsa. For example, in one striking letter, Catherine describes how she guided a disillusioned young priest who was struggling with a drinking problem and temptations involving young women, and was bordering on despair: "With clenched teeth I sailed into him, first gently, almost caressingly calling him back to Christ he once loved, then more sternly, then quietly. . . . He left full of thanks and some hope . . . ."

Holy Women of the Syrian Orient

Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520920958
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Holy Women of the Syrian Orient written by and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987-06-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen hagiographies about holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the fourth to seventh centuries A.D., they are translated from Syriac into accessible and vivid prose. Annotations and source notes by the translators help clarify elements that may be unfamiliar to some readers. This collection bears witness to the profound contributions women made to early Chistianity: their various roles, their leadership inside and outside the church structure, and their power to influence others. A new preface discusses recent developments in the field and updates the bibliography.

The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400843278
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia written by Richard Stites and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Stites views the struggle for liberation of Russian women in the context of both nineteenth-century European feminism and twentieth-century communism. The central personalities, their vigorous exchange of ideas, the social and political events that marked the emerging ideal of emancipation--all come to life in this absorbing and dramatic account. The author's history begins with the feminist, nihilist, and populist impulses of the 1860s and 1870s, and leads to the social mobilization campaigns of the early Soviet period.

The Maiden of Ludmir

Author : Nathaniel Deutsch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520927974
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Maiden of Ludmir written by Nathaniel Deutsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-10-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as a rebbe—or charismatic leader—in her own right. Nathaniel Deutsch follows the traces left by the Maiden in both history and legend to fully explore her fascinating story for the first time. The Maiden of Ludmir offers powerful insights into the Jewish mystical tradition, into the Maiden’s place within it, and into the remarkable Jewish community of Ludmir. Her biography ultimately becomes a provocative meditation on the complex relationships between history and memory, Judaism and modernity. History first finds the Maiden in the eastern European town of Ludmir, venerated by her followers as a master of the Kabbalah, teacher, and visionary, and accused by her detractors of being possessed by a dybbuk, or evil spirit. Deutsch traces the Maiden’s steps from Ludmir to Ottoman Palestine, where she eventually immigrated and re-established herself as a holy woman. While the Maiden’s story—including her adamant refusal to marry—recalls the lives of holy women in other traditions, it also brings to light the largely unwritten history of early-modern Jewish women. To this day, her transgressive behavior, a challenge to traditional Jewish views of gender and sexuality, continues to inspire debate and, sometimes, censorship within the Jewish community.

Women in Russian History

Author : Natalia Pushkareva
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315480433
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Women in Russian History written by Natalia Pushkareva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first survey of the history of women in Russia to be published in any language, this book is itself an historic event -- the result of the collaboration of the leading Russian and American specialists on Russian women's history. The book is divided in to four chronological parts corresponding to eras of Russian history: (I) Kievan/Mongol (10th - 15th centuries); (II) Muscovite ( 16th - 17th centuries); (III) 18th century; and (IV) 19th - early 20th centuries. Each part gives coverage to four main topics: (1) The role of prominent women in public life, with biographical sketches of women who attained prominence in political or cultural life; (2) Women's daily life and family roles; (3) Women's status under the law; (4) Material culture and in particular women's dress as an expression of their place in society.

Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Author : Wendy Rosslyn
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1906924651
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia written by Wendy Rosslyn and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic presence in Russia's culture and society"--Publisher's description.

Life as Exploit

Author : Elina Kahla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life as Exploit written by Elina Kahla and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women of the Catacombs

Author :
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501754068
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Women of the Catacombs written by and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs presented in Women of the Catacombs offer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in Russian history. The catacomb church in the Soviet Union came into existence in the 1920s and played a significant part in Russian national life for nearly fifty years. Adherents to the Orthodox faith often referred to the catacomb church as the "light shining in the dark." Women of the Catacombs provides a first-hand portrait of lived religion in its social, familial, and cultural setting during this tragic period. Until now, scholars have had only brief, scattered fragments of information about Russia's illegal church organization that claimed to protect the purity of the Orthodox tradition. Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia and Elena Semenovna Men, who joined the church as young women, offer evidence on how Russian Orthodoxy remained a viable, alternative presence in Soviet society, when all political, educational, and cultural institutions attempted to indoctrinate Soviet citizens with an atheistic perspective. Wallace L. Daniel's translation not only sheds light on Russia's religious and political history, but also shows how two educated women maintained their personal integrity in times when prevailing political and social headwinds moved in an opposite direction.

Women’s History in Russia

Author : Marianna Muravyeva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443871370
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Women’s History in Russia written by Marianna Muravyeva and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, all by Russian scholars, is the first of its kind to address a broad English-speaking audience. It presents the theories and methodologies employed by Russian national historiography to make sense of Russian gender and women's history. The essays in this volume discuss women's and gender history in Russia, highlighting sensitive areas in the Russian academic community and in Russian society in general. The book appears in the context of an intense backlash against t...

Holy Rus'

Author : John P. Burgess
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300227639
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Holy Rus' written by John P. Burgess and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia’s largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it has returned to life, it has pursued a vision of reclaiming Holy Rus’: that historical yet mythical homeland of the eastern Slavic peoples; a foretaste of the perfect justice, peace, harmony, and beauty for which religious believers long; and the glimpse of heaven on earth that persuaded Prince Vladimir to accept Orthodox baptism in Crimea in A.D. 988. Through groundbreaking initiatives in religious education, social ministry, historical commemoration, and parish life, the Orthodox Church is seeking to shape a new, post-communist national identity for Russia. In this eye-opening and evocative book, John Burgess examines Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgence from a grassroots level, providing Western readers with an enlightening, inside look at the new Russia.

Mother Russia

Author : Joanna Hubbs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253115782
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Mother Russia written by Joanna Hubbs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joanna Hubbs has found the trace of Baba Yaga and the rusalki and Moist Mother Earth and other fascinating feminine myths in Russian culture, and has added richly to the growing interest in popular culture." -- New York Times Book Review "... brave... fascinating... immensely enjoyable... " -- Times Higher Education Supplement "... a stimulating and original study... vivid and readable." -- Russian Review "An immensely stimulating, beautifully written work of scholarship." -- Francine du Plessix Gray "Joanna Hubbs has provided scholars... with a wealth of significant interpretive material to inform if not reform views of both Russian and women's cultures." -- Journal of American Folklore A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force.