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Leo Tolstoy - Peter Verigin Correspondence

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From: Canadian Slavonic Papers
Date: 19990901
Author:Victor O Buyniak

Andrew Donskov, ed. Leo Tolstoy - Peter Verigin Correspondence. Prepared and with an introduction by Lidia Gromova-Opul'skaya. Trans. John Woodsworth. Ottawa: Legas, 1995. xi, 101 pp.

Sometimes, philosophical, ethical and moral ideas based on a sincere Christian spirit, when literally applied to practice, do not produce the desired effect and might even occasionally cause hardship to those who espouse them. Such appears to have been the experience of the Doukhobors who were inveterate seekers of truth both in Russia and in Canada. Although they meant well, their consistent and sometimes ...

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