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
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index
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