faith and power in the new RussiaGarrard, John Gordon.creatorGarrard, Carol.textbibliographyElectronic books.HistorynjuPrincetonPrinceton University Press©20082008monographiceng1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrationsRussian Orthodoxy Resurgent is the first book to fully explore the expansive and ill-understood role that Russia's ancient Christian faith has played in the fall of Soviet Communism and in the rise of Russian nationalism today. John and Carol Garrard tell the story of how the Orthodox Church's moral weight helped defeat the 1991 coup against Gorbachev launched by Communist Party hardliners. The Soviet Union disintegrated, leaving Russians searching for a usable past. The Garrards reveal how Patriarch Aleksy II--a former KGB officer and the man behind the church's successful defeat of the coup-Prologue: Russian Orthodoxy resurgent / Sergiev Posad -- The end of the Atheist empire -- A new hope -- Rebuilding holy Moscow -- Accursed questions: who is to blame? -- Irreconcilable differences: Orthodoxy and the West -- The Babylonian legacy: exiles, martyrs, and collaborators -- A faith-based army -- Epilogue: twenty years after: from party to patriarch.John Garrard & Carol Garrard.Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index.e-ru---II, Patriarch of Moscow and All RussiaAleksiĭ1929-2008Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹInfluenceRusskai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.II, Patriarch of Moscow and All RussiaAleksiĭ1929-2008Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹRussisch-Orthodoxe KircheAleksij (Moskau, Patriarch, II.)Religion and politicsRussia (Federation)History20th centuryReligion and politicsRussia (Federation)History21st centuryRELIGIONChristianityOrthodoxHISTORYEuropeRussia & the Former Soviet UnionInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Religion and politicsRussia (Federation)AuflösungPolitikSowjetunionRussland Geschichte 1987-1991 swd Geschichte 1992-2007 swd Geschichte swd 1900-2099 fast BL65.P7 G37 2008eb281.9/47090511Garrard, John Gordon.Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008(DLC) 2008005415(OCoLC)1921096239781400828999140082899622573/cttz596 JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=355030http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=355030N$T11032120200709055333.0ocn707924771eng