Tsars Foreign Faiths: Toleration & the Fate of Religious Freedom in Imperial Russia

by Paul W. Werth

The Russian Empire presented itself to its subjects and the world as an Orthodox state, a patron and defender of Eastern Christianity. Yet the tsarist regime also lauded itself for granting religious freedoms to its many heterodox subjects, making 'religious toleration' a core attribute of the state's identity. The Tsar's Foreign Faiths shows that the resulting tensions between the autocracy's commitments to Orthodoxy and its claims to toleration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198786611
• ISBN13: 9780198786610
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"