![]() To illustrate what he meant by proper courtship, my interlocutor mentioned that although he and his fellow Baptists believe that sex and intimacy are permissible only within marriage, dating of engaged couples is seen as a good thing. My interviewee, a middle-aged man named Aleksei, 1 who was one of the leaders of the rehabilitation ministry and an ‘ex-addict’ ( byvshii narkoman) himself, was telling me about his views on the differences between men and women, their roles in the church and family, and the ‘proper’ Christian marriage. ![]() Petersburg, Russia, in a peaceful suburb with three big lakes. I was sitting for an interview in the beautiful verdant yard of the biggest Baptist church in St.
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