Table of Contents:
  • The damned Shtundist : the Russian evangelical movement to 1905
  • The era of "open storm" : Baptist organization and community after 1905
  • A community of converts : conversion narratives and social experience
  • The Baptist challenge
  • Russian Baptists and the "German faith"
  • Dashed hopes : 1910-1917
  • The revolution of the spirit
  • Revolution and opportunity
  • A mixed blessing : sectarian pacifism and political legitimacy
  • Parallel lives? religious activism and godless fears.