In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. This book examines the church's political culture by exploring its role in the formation of state religious policy, and discussing how the Moscow Patriarchate is asserting itself in former Russian republics.
In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. This book examines the church's political culture by e...
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 fought this domination and occasionally failed to act in the Church s best interest; and that the Church was turned into a Soviet institution during the twentieth century. This book challenges these assumptions. It demonstrates that church-state relations in post-communist Russia can be seen in...
In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Ch...
