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Russian Religion

Stacey Milas AP English. Russian Religion. History . Orthodox Christianity is the most dominant Islam second largest Buddhism, Judaism, Protestantism Prince Vladimir I Communists took power. Orthodox Christianity . Orthodox = right believing Traditional and largest Dominant religion

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Russian Religion

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  1. Stacey Milas AP English Russian Religion

  2. History • Orthodox Christianity is the most dominant • Islam second largest • Buddhism, Judaism, Protestantism • Prince Vladimir I • Communists took power

  3. Orthodox Christianity • Orthodox = right believing • Traditional and largest • Dominant religion • 95% belong • 41% of population

  4. Raskolnikov • Ubermensch • Rejects God • Assumes the power of God • Right to violate natural law • "there were two crosses on the string…he dropped the crosses on the old woman's chest" (Dostoevsky 78)

  5. Sonya • Guides to reattachment to God • Is forced to sin • Embodies Christ • Self-sacrificing

  6. Redemption • Lazarus • Sonya • Svidrigailov • The cross • New Testament • “But that is the beginning of a new story - the story of the gradual renewal of a man, the story of his gradual regeneration, of his transition from one world into another, of his initiation into a new, unknown life.” (Dostoevsky 520)

  7. Work Cited • Hutt, Molly. "Allusions to Jesus and Lazarus in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment." Yahoo Contributor Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. • Medvedkov, Olga L. "Allusions to Jesus and Lazarus in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment." Yahoo 'Contributor Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. • "Religion in Russia." Religion in Russia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. • Rubicondior, Rosa. "Rosa Rubicondior." : Simple Gifts. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. • "The Religion of Russia." CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA:. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. • "What Orthodox Christians Believe." Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. • "Wittenberg University." - Wittenberg Sociology Professor Gains Firsthand Knowledge of Religious Changes in Russia. Phyllis Eberts, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

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