 | Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe: On Multiple Secularisms and Entanglements Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Religion; European Politics; Eastern European Politics; Russian & Soviet Politics; Christianity; This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and politics is complex, and how the spheres of religion and politics complement, reinforce, influence, and sometimes contradict each other. Considering a range of thematic issues, with examples from a wide range of countries with significant Orthodox religious groups, and setting the present situation in its full historical context the book provides a rich picture of a subject which has been too often oversimplified. Tobias Köllner is assistant professor at the Witten/Herdecke University and board member in the Centre for Research on Transformation at Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany |
