Turns of Faith, Search for Meaning: Orthodox Christianity and Post-Soviet Experience

by Alexander Agadjanian, Vasilios N. Makrides (Editor)

Overview

The book examines deep shifts in religious life of Russia and the post-Soviet world as a whole over the course of the last quarter of the century. It deals with transformations of the religious field, including ritual practices, national identity discourse, and Eastern Orthodoxy's tense negotiations with the State, secular society, and Western liberal globalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631639733
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	06/16/2014
Series:	Erfurter Studien zur Kulturgeschichte des Orthodoxen Christentums , #8
Pages:	321
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Alexander Agadjanian, Prof. Dr., graduated from Moscow State University and worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and at the Department of Religious Studies of Arizona State University. He currently teaches at the Center for the Study of Religions of the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. He has published extensively on religions in the modern world, including Buddhism and Orthodox Christianity.

Table of Contents

Contents: Russian Orthodox Church – Eastern Christianity – National identity – Religious practices – Religion and human rights – Church-State relations – Post-Soviet religiosity – Globalization, religious pluralism – Traditional and liberal values.

Preface

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Editorial Reviews

«Avec une copieuse bibliographie (39 p.), ce livre nous offre une analyse tres fine d'une société russe en quête d'identité ou les liens entre Église et État sont difficilement compréhensibles en Europe occidentale.»
(Revue Istina, 61/2015)

«[E]s handelt sich um ein in jeder Hinsicht empfehlenswertes Werk zu vielfältigen Themenfeldern des orthodoxen Christentums.»
(Margarete Zimmermann, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 7/2017)

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