Vera Shevzov, Smith College, Northampton, MA
XXV International Ecumenical Conference of Orthodox Spirituality
THE GIFT OF HOSPITALITY
Bose, 6–9 September 2017
in collaboration with the Orthodox Churches
The typology the strannik and the perception of the “stranger” in Russian Orthodoxy
Vera Shevzov, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Vera Shevzov is professor at the Smith College in Northampton. She studied theology at the St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary and received her doctorate at the Yale University, with a dissertation on “Popular Orthodoxy in Late Imperial Rural Russia”. She is a member of the American Academy on Religion and of the editorial groups of Eurasian Studies and of the series on Christian studies of the Northern Illinois University Press. She is the author of “Russian Orthodoxy on the Eve of Revolution” (Oxford University Press, 2004), winner of Frank S. & Elisabeth D. Brewer’s price.