The Debate on Religion and Secularisation in Russia Today: Comments on Kyrlezhev and Morozov, with Focus on Education

Russian society has been undergoing tremendous changes in the last two decades. The renewed interest in Orthodox tradition is therefore much more than a quantitative growth in the number of believers. The quality of the discursive space in which Orthodoxy has become a subject of social debate is ver...

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Main Author: Mulders, Joera (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2008
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2008, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-20
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