Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Notes
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Eastern Orthodoxy, forced migration and human security; concepts and policy perspectives
Eastern Orthodoxy, migration and the ‘other’: reflections from Serbia and Ukraine
A migrant’s journey across the Eastern Orthodox world. Data and concepts
Eastern Orthodoxy and forced migration: findings and policy perspectives
The structure of the volume
Notes
Part I: Religion, migration and human security in the former Soviet states
Chapter 1: Orthodox churches, nation-building and forced migration in Ukraine
Seeking the church’s independence: the Ukrainian autocephaly saga
The Ukrainian state, Orthodoxy and nation-building: the identity politics of Ukrainian presidents
Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the Euro-revolution of winter 2013–14
Orthodoxy and two competing national projects: ‘The Russian World’ doctrine against the Ukrainian nation-building process
Human security and fundamental freedoms threatened: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
The world’s ninth-largest group of internally displaced people: the Ukrainian state and refugees from the East
‘Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers ’ religious communities in Ukraine addressing the world’s ninth-largest group of IDPs
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 2: The Russian Orthodox Church, human security, migration and refugees: Concepts, strategies and actions
Between the faithful and raison d’état: the Russian Orthodox Church’s approach to spiritual security
The Russian Orthodox Church’s strategy towards spiritual security concerns and migration: partners and actions
Ecology
Migration
Refugees and forcibly displaced people in the Russian Orthodox Church’s practice
Chechnya
The Russo-Georgian war
Refugees from Ukraine
Christians in the Middle East: the international alliances of the Moscow Patriarchate
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 3: The state’s guardian angel? The Georgian Orthodox Church and human security
The emergence of the church in Georgian national narrative
The Georgian Orthodox Church under the Communist rule
The Soviet collapse and the making of modern Georgia
Conceptualising forced migration and human security
The Georgian Orthodox Church and human security
The church and public protests
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 4: The Russian–Ukrainian conflict and the European refugee crisis: The policies of state and church and civil society in Belarus
Church–state relations in Belarus
Migration in Belarus
Ukrainian migrants
The aftermath of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict for Belarus and the reaction of the Orthodox Church and civil society
The European refugee crisis
Conclusion
Notes
Part II: Religion, migration and human security in Southeastern Europe
Chapter 5: The impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Turkey’s state capacity
A framework of analysis
Humanitarian challenge to state capacity
Clarifying the legal ground
The limits of domestic crisis management
A threat to social cohesion
A quest for a new perspective
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 6: The Orthodox Church of Greece: Church–state relations, migratory patterns and sociopolitical challenges
Church–state relations before and after the Cold War
Population movement and migratory trends before and after the Cold War
Discourses, strategies and mechanisms on immigration
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 7: The humanitarian engagement of faith-based organisations in Serbia: Balancing between the Vulnerable Human and the (In)Secure (Nation)State
The religious map of Serbia and the international outreach of religious communities
The emergence of faith-based organisations in Serbia
Supporting migrants and supporting the state
Being a vulnerable human: human security, the United Nations and Serbia
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 8: The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the refugee crisis
The refugee crisis in Bulgaria: an overview
The church debate on the refugee crisis
Beyond the debate on the Synodal Address
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 9: Policies and perspectives on human security and international mobility in the Romanian Orthodox Church
The historical background: church and state entangled
Post-communism: disentanglement and new concepts
Human security between church and state: a concept and its uses
Human rights
The environment
Social care
International mobility: human trafficking, emigration, immigration
Human trafficking
Emigration
Immigration
Conclusion
Notes
Part III: Eastern Orthodoxy and migration in Western Europe and the United States
Chapter 10: From Orthodox migrants to the migration of the Orthodox church(es): Making sense of the Orthodox presence in Western Europe
The historical variety of Orthodox migrations to the West
Organising Orthodoxy: one church, several churches
Between ethnicity and universality
Interaction with Western European Christianity
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 11: Hospitality for strangers? Policies and practices of Eastern Christian churches and charities insupport of new migrants to the United States and refugees abroad
How American Orthodox faithful show ‘hospitality for strangers’
American policies and politics related to refugees and immigration
Attempts at national immigration policy reform for the twenty-first century
How the American Eastern Orthodox Christian world is related to forced migration populations
An exemplary programme from the Coptic Orthodox Church
Conclusion
Notes
Index