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Methodism in Russia and the Baltic States History and Renewal
S. T. Kimbrough, Jr. editor
This book deals with the history of our United Methodist heritage in the former Russian Empire, the Baltic States and Manchuria, beginning with the mission activity of the Evangelical Association in the 1820, The Methodist Episcopal Church, South in the 1860s up to the present renewal of Methodism in Russia and the Baltic States.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity A Western Perspective
Daniel B. Clendenin
This work attempts to compare and contrast Protestantism and Orthodoxy to determine what Protestants can learn from the Orthodox, how Protestants and Orthodox actually have much in common and how both need to be introduced to one another for a mutual “hermeneutic of love.”

Gulag A History
Anne Applebaum
This Pulitzer Prize winning account of the vast Soviet system of concentration camps offers great insight from its origins during the Russian Revolution, its expansion under Stalin and its total collapse in the era of Glasnost. A must to understand the Russian mind set. Discretion and Valour Religious Conditions in Russia and Eastern Europe Trevor Beeson Confronted by hostile totalitarianism governments, persecution and suffering, this volume examines how faith continued to flourish and to suffer during the Communist era. The crucial question, of whether faith is best expressed through confrontation or through compromise, is addressed.

Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia The New War for Souls
John Witte Jr. & Michael Bourdeaux
Few struggles Russia has undergone since the fall of Communism have been fiercer than that being fought between the long-suppressed Russian Orthodox Church and the host of groups seeking to evangelize the Russian people. This volume addresses the legitimacy of the Orthodox attempt to reclaim the spiritual and moral heart of the Russian people in relation to a pluralist world where many Christian traditions are seeking the right to establish themselves.