Protestantism

The Meaning of Symbols in Emerson’s Stand against the Lord’s Supper

The paper investigates the controversy over the Lord’s Supper between Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Second Church of Boston. We studied the text of Emerson’s sermon against the Lord’s Supper ascertaining possible theological divisions among the church members on the issues of Christ’s true nature and authority, as well as the meaning of bread and wine of the Communion. We reveal how the pastor foreshadowed the assumed reactions of his listeners while working on the text of his sermon.

Armenian Protestantism and the Religious Crisis in Shamakhi (1840s–1860s): Toward the Question of Russian Imperial Confessionalism

This article is dedicated to the initial period of the history of Armenian Protestantism in the Russian Empire. It characterizes the basic principles of Russian confessional policy concerning Armenians, such as the state’s support of the Armenian Apostolic Church and its opposition to Catholic and Protestant propaganda among Armenians. This article discusses the background of the Armenian Protestant movement and reveals that it was due to the activity of American missionaries in the Ottoman Empire and of the Basel Missionary Society in Russian Transcaucasia.

The Oxford (Tractarian) Movement in the Context of Protestant-Catholic Conflict in Early Victorian England

The article deals with the role of the Oxford movement in the development of conflict between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in Early Victorian England. The Oxford (Tractarian)

Women in the Communal Life of the Protestant Churches in the Soviet Union (1945–1991)

The article deals with the roles of women in the Protestant communities in the post-war Soviet Union. It contributes to a still understudied field of gender studies related to the Protestant churches of the Soviet period. The study draws upon the archival materials of the Fund of the Office of religious cults and then the Office of religious affairs of Moscow and Moscow region.