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, and this book challenges these assumptions, and demonstrates that church-state relations in post-communist Russia can be seen in a much more differentiated way.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction 2. The Bases of the Social Conception and Political Culture: Theory and Practice 3. The ROC's Approach to Other Religious Associations: From Tradition and National Identity to 'Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture' 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 Patriarchate's Defence of its Canonical Territory in Ukraine 7. Church - State Relations in Belarus 8. Conclusion
