Freedom and the captive mind : Fr. Gleb Yakunin and Orthodox Christianity in Soviet Russia / Wallace L. Daniel.
| Author/creator | Daniel, Wallace L. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xvii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | NIU series in Orthodox Christian studies NIU series in Orthodox Christian studies. ^A1325156 |
| Contents | Beginnings -- The letters -- The awakening -- Western perceptions and Soviet realities -- Gleb Yakunin, Henry Dakin, and the defense of religious liberty -- "I thank God for the fate he has given me" -- The outcast -- Return -- Lifting the cover -- Priest and politician -- Hope and the twisted road. |
| Abstract | "Set in the framework of Czesław Miłosz's classic The Captive Mind, this is the story of Russia's descent into authoritarianism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in that descent, and a courageous priest's moral struggles to preserve freedom"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Daniel, Wallace L. Freedom and the captive mind. Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501777356 |
| LCCN | 2023059465 |
| ISBN | 9781501777349 |
| ISBN | 9781501777332 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501777335 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501777343 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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