In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church s relationship with the Russian state: that the Church has always been dominated by Russia s secular elites; that the clerics have not sufficiently
The post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church: politics, culture and greater Russia
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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 225
- Series
- Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A note on translations, transliteration and place names
1 Introduction
2 The Bases of the Social Conception and political culture: theory and practice
3 The ROCβs approach to other religious associations: from tradition and national identity to βFundamentals of Orthodox Cultureβ
4 The Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Army: sharing a nationalist vision
5 Political and religious challenges to the Moscow Patriarchate in Estonia
6 The Moscow Patriarchateβs defence of its canonical territory in Ukraine
7 ChurchβState relations in post-Soviet Belarus
8 Conclusion
Notes
Select bibliography
Index
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