Religion and Nationality in Western Ukraine: The Greek Catholic Church and the Ruthenian National Movement in Galicia, 1870-1900 Volume 33

by Himka and John-Paul Himka

Using Soviet archival materials declassified in the 1980s, John-Paul Himka examines a period during which the Greek Catholic church in Galicia was involved in a protracted, and at times bitter, struggle to maintain its distinctive, historically developed rites and customs. He focuses on the way differing concepts of Rutherian nationality affected the perception and course of church affairs while showing the influence of local ecclesiastical matters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773518126
• ISBN13: 9780773518124
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"