The Christian Church, Spoken Language and Written Word. Confessional Tensions in Ingria Between the Swedish Lutheran and the Russian Orthodox Church during the Seventeenth Century

Ingria, a region that came to the Swedish Empire in the seventeenth century, showcases an interesting instance of religious contact between Swedish state Lutheranism, Russian Orthodoxy, and the grassroot Lutheranism of the local German merchants. The contact affected all three religious communities...

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Main Author: Lotman, Piret 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2023
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ingermanland / Svenska kyrkan / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Lutheran Church / Church policy / Conversion (Religion) / History 1641-1700
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBK Europe (East)
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDD Protestant Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Sweden
B Lutheranism
B Russian Orthodoxy
B Ingria
B Conversion
B Mission (international law
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Summary:Ingria, a region that came to the Swedish Empire in the seventeenth century, showcases an interesting instance of religious contact between Swedish state Lutheranism, Russian Orthodoxy, and the grassroot Lutheranism of the local German merchants. The contact affected all three religious communities over the course of the century, especially Swedish attempts to integrate the population in the Swedish state church. These attempts initially failed, until Heinrich Stahl became superintendent and decided to conduct missionary work in Russian and combine it with education, a programme his successor Johannes Gezelius continued. While promising, these efforts were continuously impeded by Russian policies and wars.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.10839