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Betsy C. Perabo - Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War - 9781474253758 - V9781474253758
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Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War

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Description for Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBLW; HBW; HRCC8; HRE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
How should Christians think about the relationship between the exercise of military power and the spread of Christianity? In Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War, Betsy Perabo looks at the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 through the unique concept of an `interreligious war' between Christian and Buddhist nations, focusing on the figure of Nikolai of Japan, the Russian leader of the Orthodox Church in Japan. Drawing extensively on Nikolai's writings alongside other Russian-language sources, the book provides a window into the diverse Orthodox Christian perspectives on the Russo-Japanese War - from the officials who saw the war as ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474253758
SKU
V9781474253758
Shipping Time
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About Betsy C. Perabo
Betsy Perabo is Professor of Religious Studies at Western Illinois University, USA.

Reviews for Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War
[In] less than two hundred pages this book sheds light on a mostly unknown war from a mostly unknown perspective. It would be a most useful addition to courses on military history, Russian history, and Christian ethics.
Canadian Slavonic Papers
Russian Orthodoxy and the Russo-Japanese War will be welcomed by non-Russian specialists of political theology as it relates ... Read more

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