Redefining the Sacred. Religion in the French and Russian Revolutions

According to what DANIEL SCHÖNPFLUG terms the "joint-decline" thesis, the dechristianization of French society undermined the legitimacy of the monarchy and hence contributed to the revolution. Like Schönpflug, GREGORY L. FREEZE argues that there was not widespread secularization or dechri...

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Published in:Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 2014, Vol.62 (4), p.608-610
Main Author: Kenworthy, Scott M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Church & state
Clergy
France
French language
Historiography
Legitimacy
Political activism
Religion
Religion and politics
Religious orthodoxy
Revolution
Revolutionary movements
Russia
Russian language
Russian Revolution
Thema: Erster Weltkrieg
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Summary:According to what DANIEL SCHÖNPFLUG terms the "joint-decline" thesis, the dechristianization of French society undermined the legitimacy of the monarchy and hence contributed to the revolution. Like Schönpflug, GREGORY L. FREEZE argues that there was not widespread secularization or dechristianization in pre-revolutionary Russia, on the basis of confession and communion records that demonstrate extraordinarily high levels of religious participation and not a substantial decline in the years leading up to the revolution. According to FRITHJOF BENJAMIN SCHENK, the cult of Lenin served to overthrow the old symbolic system and was used as a political symbol to lend the new regime legitimacy.
ISSN:0021-4019
2366-2891