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Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition: Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia book cover

1st Edition

Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia

By Tornike Metreveli Copyright 2021
196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal, and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist... Read more

Introduction

Part 1 – Churches and Political Traditions: Historical Contexts and Legacies

1 Church-State Relations in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition

2 Communist Past and Post-Communist Present: Historical and Contextual Variations

Part 2 – Churches and Political Operations: Institutional and Grassroots Accounts

3 Churches and Revolutions in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia

4 Being A Prominent Priest in Contemporary Serbia and Georgia

5 "We Are Now the Orthodox!": Religion in Times of War in Ukraine

6 Churches and Public Policy: Discourse vs. Practice

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Biography

Tornike Metreveli is International Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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