Gary Browning (1) (1940–)
Autor de Russia and the Restored Gospel
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Out of Obscurity: The Church in the Twentieth Century: The 29th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (2000) — Contribuidor — 31 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1940-09-18
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Educación
- Brigham Young University (BA|Russian)
- Organizaciones
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young University
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 30
- Popularidad
- #449,942
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 34
The stories of the people themselves and some of the challenges they face, however, are very interesting. Over and over, they tell of how religion became a dirty little secret during the Communist era, and how they were actively discouraged from believing - or even talking about - God. So when they needed help or wanted to pray, they had no idea how to go about it. The Orthodox faith was very important to older people, but the younger generations didn't find much comfort in the rituals. Family life was not seen as very important, and most families had one child at most. Alcohol use was extremely common. So many of the stories I read said, 'We got married, everything was great, and then he started drinking.'
When the Mormons showed up, there was some suspicion of this "American" church, but the fact that it places so much emphasis on family and that it provides answers to important questions made it very appealing. The book has the story of the growth of the church in Russia, as well as an inside account of what it was like living in the middle of perestroika and the economic upheaval common during the early 90s in Russia.
I would only recommend this one to LDS who are interested in the story. I'm glad I read it, but I won't read it again. 3 stars.… (más)