Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe: On Multiple Secularisms and Entanglements
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- List of contributors -- PART I: Introduction and historic overview -- Introduction -- Orthodox religion today -- Orthodox religion and politics: contemporary theorie...
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2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States Ser
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Koellner, Tobias: Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe : On Multiple Secularisms and Entanglements. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9781138497351 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- List of contributors -- PART I: Introduction and historic overview -- Introduction -- Orthodox religion today -- Orthodox religion and politics: contemporary theories and discussions -- Orthodox religion and politics reconsidered: a new perspective -- Structure of the book -- Note -- References -- 1. Symphonia and the historical relationship between State and Church: Legacies from Byzantine times until today -- Arian controversy (325-381) -- Epanagoge (884-886) -- Millet of the Ottoman times -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- PART II: Current discourses and practices -- 2. 'Proud to be Orthodox': Religion and politics during the 2014 presidential elections in Romania -- Introduction -- From symphonia to cooperation: religion and politics in modern Romania -- 2014 presidential elections and religion -- Religious revolution and secularisation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3. The Temple Mount comparison: A new paradigm of the relationship between State and Church? -- General remarks -- The role of Orthodoxy -- Russian space -- The Crimean question -- Religious assertions -- Orthodox symphony -- Symphony in Orthodox teaching -- National religion -- Holy land -- Notes -- References -- 4. A resilient harmony, or how the politics of social inequality in post-Soviet Russian society have informed Orthodox parish life -- Orthodox symphony unbound: from the policies of the elite to politics on the ground -- Unequal parishes -- Women in parish life: visible, active, unrewarded -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Religious education in public schools 5. National heroes, martyrs of the faith and martyrs of the people: Mixing political and religious discourse in the post-communist Romanian Orthodox religious education textbooks -- Introduction -- Methodological considerations -- Teaching RE in Romania's public schools: a post-communist perspective -- The RE textbooks debate in Romania -- Nationalism and religiousness in Romania: a historically proven symphony? -- Church and State in Romania -- a symphony in a -- secular' age? -- Notes -- References -- 6. The shifts between: Multiple secularisms, multiple modernities and the post-Soviet school -- Multiple secularisms and multiple modernities -- Post-Soviet reconfigurations -- Welfare provision, religion and education: the State and the Church's parallel paths, and parallel rationales? New professional -- Notes -- References -- 7. Religious education in Russian schools: The false symphony -- Introduction -- The data -- The introduction of BRCSE -- The implementation of BRCSE lessons: public opinion, experts, teachers, parents -- The problem of textbooks -- Chimera of BRCSE: -- God's law', patriotic education and culturology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: Conflicts between Orthodox religion and politics -- 8. The dichotomy between Europeanisation and the revival of Moldovan Orthodoxy: The strategy of the Moldovan Orthodox Church in relation to equality legislation -- Introduction -- Background -- From the equality and anti-discrimination bill to the law on ensuring equality: the plot and its outcome -- The role of the Moldovan Orthodox Churches and their affiliates: the framing -- The end of symphonia? -- Notes -- References -- 9. Between Europeanisation and the Russian-Georgian brotherhood: Nationalism, Orthodoxy and geopolitics of the Georgian Church -- Introduction -- The mosaic of the colonial -- friendship' The Orthodox bind and Georgian national memory -- Orthodox brotherhood versus Western orientation -- The fake music of Orthodox brotherhood' -- Notes -- References -- 10. The end of the pro-Orthodox consensus: Religion as a new cleavage in Russian society -- What is the pro-Orthodox (pro-religious) consensus? -- Methodological reflections: what is happening to the pro-Orthodox consensus? -- The end of the Pro-Orthodox consensus -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- PART V: Orthodoxy in the international arena -- 11. Guided by a 'symphony of views': The Russian Orthodox Church's role in building Russia's symbolic capital -- Introduction -- Status and symbolic capital -- Russia and its status strategy -- A -- symphony of views' instead of a symphony -- The Arctic: sweet harmony -- a symphony hijacked by the State -- The Middle East: a symphony encouraged by the ROC -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12. Surrendering to public pressure: The 'Macedonian Orthodox Church' and the rejection of the Niš Agreement in 2002 -- Introduction -- Contextualising the ecclesiastical schism in Macedonia -- a historical perspective -- The problematic implications of the Draft Agreement on Establishing Church Unity -- Reactions to the proposed agreement -- an analysis -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART VI: Afterword -- 13. Orthodox Christianity and state/politics today: Factors to take into account -- The burden of the past: Church-State symphony and its diachronic mythology -- The dialectic between imperial and national orientations -- Orthodoxy, autocracy and democracy: correlations and interactions -- The significance of the Orthodox Church status: majority or minority? -- East and West: are they indeed so different? -- References -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1351018930 |