Open AccessSergey Nikitovich Savinsky (1924-2021) and the Historical Self-Awareness of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
Author(s) -
Й. Дик
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal istorii cerkvi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-069X
pISSN - 2686-973X
DOI - 10.15829/2686-973x-2021-61
Subject(s) - pietism , german , baptism , alliance , ukrainian , religious studies , history of religions , confessional , great awakening , sociology , theology , law , political science , history , philosophy , politics , linguistics , archaeology
The article presents biographical information about the first confessional historian of Russian Evangelical Christians-Baptists, S. N. Savinsky. He authored a number of chapters on the Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical-Baptist community in a book titled “History of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in the USSR” (1989), until that time the only book on the history of his own denomination published during Soviet times. Described is his work as member of the Historical Commission of the All-Union Council of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists. The article traces four trajectories of the worldwide evangelical revival into Russia: the late German Pietism, the North America revival movement, the influence of the worldwide Evangelical Alliance, and the early German Pietism. S. N. Savinsky basic concepts of evangelical revival and uniqueness of the Russian Evangelical-Baptist community are analyzed.