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The American YMCA and Russian Culture
The Preservation and Expansion of Orthodox Christianity, 1900–1940
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2012
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In The American YMCA and Russian Culture, Matthew Lee Miller explores the impact of the philanthropic activities of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) on Russians during the late imperial and early Soviet periods. The YMCA, the largest American service organization, initiated its intense engagement with Russians in 1900. During the First World War, the Association organized assistance for prisoners of war, and after the emigration of many Russians to central and western Europe, founded the YMCA Press and supported the St. Sergius Theological Academy in Paris. Miller demonstrates that the YMCA contributed to the preservation, expansion, and enrichment of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. It therefore played a major role in preserving an important part of pre-revolutionary Russian culture in Western Europe during the Soviet period until the repatriation of this culture following the collapse of the USSR. The research is based on the YMCA’s archival records, Moscow and Paris archives, and memoirs of both Russian and American participants. This is the first comprehensive discussion of an extraordinary period of interaction between American and Russian cultures. It also presents a rare example of fruitful interconfessional cooperation by Protestant and Orthodox Christians.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7756-3
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978-0-7391-7757-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
283
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
1 The YMCA and Russia: A Profile of Good Works No access Pages 13 - 38
2 The YMCA and Russia: Wrestling with the Issues No access Pages 39 - 58
3 Confessional Confrontation: Perceptions, Images, and Correctives No access Pages 59 - 86
4 Work among Working Russians No access Pages 87 - 112
5 “Service with Fighting Men”: The Y among Soldiers No access Pages 113 - F
6 The Russian Student Christian Movement at Home No access Pages 131 - 156
7 The Russian Student Christian Movement Abroad No access Pages 157 - 180
8 “The Hunger for Books”: Serving a Starving Readership No access Pages 181 - 200
9 Teachers and Priests: The St. Sergius Theological Academy No access Pages 201 - 220
10 Sustaining an Orthodox Commonwealth No access Pages 221 - 234
Epilogue No access Pages 235 - 244
Appendix: A Note on Archival Sources No access Pages 245 - 248
