The post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church : politics, culture and greater Russia / / Katja Richters

• Autore: Richters Katja
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 281.9/4709051
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and politics - Russia (Federation); Church and state - Russia (Federation); Political culture - Russia (Federation)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-207) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The bases of the social conception and political culture: theory and practice -- The ROC's approach to other religious associations: from tradition and national identity to fundamentals of Orthodox culture -- The Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian army: sharing a nationalist vision -- Political and religious challenges to the Moscow Patriarchate in Estonia -- The Moscow Patriarchate's defence of its canonical territory in Ukraine -- Church-state relations in Belarus.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: The post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church
• ISBN: 1-136-29636-0; 1-283-58663-0; 9786613899088; 0-203-11573-2; 1-136-29637-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818822603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series