1st Edition
Russian Orthodoxy, Nationalism and the Soviet State during the Gorbachev Years, 1985-1991
By Sophie Kotzer
Copyright 2020
188 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
188 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines how the Russian Orthodox Church developed during the period of Gorbachev’s rule in the Soviet Union, a period characterised by perestroika (reform) and glasnost (openness). It charts how official Soviet policy towards religion in general and the Russian Orthodox Church changed, with the Church enjoying significantly improved status. It also discusses, however, how the improved... Read more
Introduction: Rethinking the Religious Renaissance during Perestroika
1. Servant of the state or faithful ally? Church-state relations in modern Russian History
2. State policy towards the Russian Orthodox Church
3. Church-state relations: View from the Moscow Patriarchate
4. The Moscow Patriarchate and the Soviet Media
5. View from the outside: Russian Orthodoxy in the patriotic and Christian alternative press during perestroika
Conclusion
Biography
Sophie Kotzer completed her doctorate at the University of Leicester
