The self-immolation of old believers (Mid 17th to 19th centuries)

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029581
Pul`kin, M.V

Samosozhzheniia Staroobriadtsev (Seredina XVII-XIX v.)

[ The self-immolation of old believers (Mid 17th to 19th centuries)]

Moscow: Russkii Fond Sodeistviia Obrazovaniiu i Nauke, 2013
336 p
Hardcover. 16 x 23 cm. Printing 500
ISBN: 9785912440014
Language: Russian

This book studies self-immolation and other forms of ritual suicide of Old Believers in mid 17th to 19th centuries. The author describes their theological discussions on the "death by fire", statistics and localization of these actions, government measures against them, the technologies of this kind of suicide, written and oral sources on the subject. (0.675 kg.)

Subjects

» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » History of Religion

» Religion and Theology » History of the Russian Orthodox Church

» Religion and Theology » Old Believers, Dukhobors, Molokans

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