‘Neither Victim nor Executioner': Essential Insights from Secularization Theory for the Revitalization of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Contemporary World

This essay explores two recent expressions of hostility towards secularization by Russian Orthodox officials (one from the Holy Synod of ROCOR and the other from Metropolitan Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev), and evaluates the likely consequences of this hostility. Drawing from secularization theorists...

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Main Author: Monge, Rico G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2017]
In: Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 9, Pages: 1-17
Further subjects:B Theology
B Spirituality
B State
B Orthodox
B Human Rights
B Christian
B Persecution
B Identity
B Secularism
B Russia
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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