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Author Buss, Andreas E.

Title The Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity / by Andreas Buss.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 222 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 100
Studies in the history of religions ; 100.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-218) and index.
Contents Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Traditional Societies and Modernity-Approaches to the Study of Foreign Cultures; PART ONE: BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVES; PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC ETHICS OF RUSSIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY; PART THREE: THE PLACE OF INDIVIDUALISM IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION AND IN THE WEST; Epilogue: Trials and Errors Since the October Revolution; Appendix: The Concept of Adequate Causation in Comparative Cultural Studies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Names.
Summary This work aims to identify the uniqueness of the Russian-Orthodox religious tradition and to contrast it with two of the characteristics of modern Western society - its particular economic ethics and individualism. Max Weber and Louis Dumont provide the theoretical framework.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ -- Doctrines -- History.
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ.
History.
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov.
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ -- Doctrines -- Histoire.
Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche.
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ -- History of doctrines.
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Buss, Andreas E. Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003 9004133240 (DLC) 2003055870 (OCoLC)53038013
Online version: Buss, Andreas E. Russian-Orthodox tradition and modernity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003 (OCoLC)945918416
ISBN 9004133240 (alkaline paper)
9789004133242 (alkaline paper)
1423714121 (electronic book)
9781423714125 (electronic book)
9047402723
9789047402725