Turns of Faith, Search for Meaning: Orthodox Christianity and Post-Soviet Experi

Description: Turns of Faith, Search for Meaning by Alexander Agadjanian, Vasilios N. Makrides The book examines deep shifts in religious life of Russia and the post-Soviet world as a whole over the course of the last quarter of the century. It deals with transformations of the religious field, including ritual practices, national identity discourse, and Eastern Orthodoxys tense negotiations with the State, secular society, and Western liberal globalism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The book examines deep shifts in the religious life of Russia and the post-Soviet world as a whole. The author uses combined methods of history, sociology and anthropology to grasp transformations in various aspects of the religious field, such as changes in ritual practices, the emergence of a hierarchical pluralism of religions, and a new prominence of religion in national identity discourse. He deals with the Russian Churchs new internal diversity in reinventing its ancient tradition and Eastern Orthodoxys dense and tense negotiation with the State, secular society and Western liberal globalism. The volume contains academic papers, some of them co-authored with other scholars, published by the author elsewhere within the last fifteen years. Author Biography Alexander Agadjanian, Prof. Dr., graduated from Moscow State University and worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and at the Department of Religious Studies of Arizona State University. He currently teaches at the Center for the Study of Religions of the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. He has published extensively on religions in the modern world, including Buddhism and Orthodox Christianity. Table of Contents Contents: Russian Orthodox Church – Eastern Christianity – National identity – Religious practices – Religion and human rights – Church-State relations – Post-Soviet religiosity – Globalization, religious pluralism – Traditional and liberal values. Review "Avec une copieuse bibliographie (39 p.), ce livre nous offre une analyse tres fine dune société russe en quête didentité ou les liens entre Église et État sont difficilement compréhensibles en Europe occidentale."(Revue Istina, 61/2015)"[E]s handelt sich um ein in jeder Hinsicht empfehlenswertes Werk zu vielfältigen Themenfeldern des orthodoxen Christentums."(Margarete Zimmermann, JahrbÜcher fÜr Geschichte Osteuropas 7/2017)Die vollständige Rezension hier lesen Review Quote Avec une copieuse bibliographie (39 p.), ce livre nous offre une analyse tres fine dune socit russe en qute didentit ou les liens entre glise et tat sont difficilement comprhensibles en Europe occidentale. (Revue Istina, 61/2015) Excerpt from Book The book examines deep shifts in the religious life of Russia and the post-Soviet world as a whole. The author uses combined methods of history, sociology and anthropology to grasp transformations in various aspects of the religious field, such as changes in ritual practices, the emergence of a hierarchical pluralism of religions, and a new prominence of religion in national identity discourse. He deals with the Russian Churchs new internal diversity in reinventing its ancient tradition and Eastern Orthodoxys dense and tense negotiation with the State, secular society and Western liberal globalism. The volume contains academic papers, some of them co-authored with other scholars, published by the author elsewhere within the last fifteen years. Details ISBN3631639732 Author Vasilios N. Makrides Pages 321 Year 2014 ISBN-10 3631639732 ISBN-13 9783631639733 Format Hardcover Subtitle Orthodox Christianity and Post-Soviet Experience Birth 1958 Publication Date 2014-06-16 DEWEY 274.7 Short Title TURNS OF FAITH SEARCH FOR MEAN Language English Media Book Series Number 8 Publisher Peter Lang AG Imprint Peter Lang AG Place of Publication Bern Country of Publication Switzerland UK Release Date 2014-06-16 Edition Description New edition Audience Professional & Vocational Series Erfurter Studien zur Kulturgeschichte des Orthodoxen Christentums We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130777377;

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