Modernising Church Life: the Case of the Interwar Orthodox Churches in Estonia and Latvia1
The minority Orthodox Churches of Estonia and Latvia in the period between the two World Wars attempted to overcome the perception that they were backward and Russian-friendly by modernising: by keeping up with changes in society at large. This happened primarily in three areas: the language of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2012, Volume: 40, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 301-315 |
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| Summary: | The minority Orthodox Churches of Estonia and Latvia in the period between the two World Wars attempted to overcome the perception that they were backward and Russian-friendly by modernising: by keeping up with changes in society at large. This happened primarily in three areas: the language of the liturgy, the style of the music and the church calendar. I analyse each of these areas with regard to the permissibility, the style and the means of the changes. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2012.710080 |