Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION The Rhythm of the Saints 1
5. 1 EMPOWERING THE FAITHFUL. The Unintended Consequences of Bolshevik Religious Policies 12
6. 2 COMBATING GOD AND GRANDMA. The Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and the Battle for Childhood 32
7. 3 PERSECUTION, COLLUSION, AND LIBERATION The Russian Orthodox Church, from Stalin to Gorbachev 51
8. 4 "I AM A FIGHTER BY NATURE" Fr. Gleb Iakunin and the Defense of Religious Liberty 74
9. 5 "AN INWARD MUSIC" Revolution and Resurrection in Doctor Zhivago 97
10. 6 "THE PEARL OF AN UNREASONABLE THOUGHT" Religion and the Poetic Imagination 117
11. 7 "I HASTEN TO ESTABLISH A COMMON LANGUAGE WITH YOU" Orthodox Christian Dissidents and the Human Rights Movement 138
12. 8 THE ORTHODOX LITURGY AS POLITICAL RESISTANCE 158
13. 9 "AND I WILL TELL OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN ALL THE EARTH" Faith and Resilience in the Gulag 170
14. 10 "THERE ARE THINGS IN HISTORY THAT SHOULD BE CALLED BY THEIR PROPER NAMES" Evaluating Russian Orthodox Collaboration with the Soviet State 187
15. 11 THE USEFUL GOD Religion and Public Authority in Post -Soviet Russia 210
16. AFTERWORD Whether in Words or Deeds, Known and Unknown 226
17. Contributors 229
18. Notes 231
19. Index 269