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Contents Acknowledgments vii Note on Transliteration ix Introduction 1 Part One: Soviet Evangelicals 1. Spiritual Seekers in a Secularizing State, 1905–1941 21 2. Enlightening the Faithful, 1941–1988 55 Part Two: Missionizing and Movement 3. The Rewards of Suffering: The Last Soviet Refugees 97 4. Missionizing, Converting, and Remaking the Moral Self 130 Part Three: A World without End 5. God Is Love: New Bonds, New Communities 173 6. Ambassadors of God 210 Epilogue: Religion as Portal to the World 249 Notes 257 References 283 Index 297 This page intentionally left blank. ...

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