This book is a critical study of the interaction between the Russian Church and society in the late 19th and early 20th century. While other studies exist that

This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nati

Icon and Devotion offers the first extensive presentation in English of the making and meaning of Russian icons. The craft of icon-making is set into the contex

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