Religion and Nationalism in Russia and Ukraine
Author: Carolyn Pemberton Welch
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 212
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Author: Carolyn Pemberton Welch
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Serhii Plokhy
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780822308911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligious organizations in many countries of the communist world have served as agents for the preservation, defense, and reinforcement of nationalist feelings, and in playing this role have frequently been a source of frustration to the Communist Party elites. Although the relationship between governments and religious groups varies according to the particular country and group in question, the mosaic of these relationships constitutes a revealing picture of the political reform shaping the lives of Soviet and East European citizens.
Author: David Little
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781878379122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the complex history of the Ukrainian conflict, explores the contending claims of the different churches, and analyzes the prospects for resolution.
Author: Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1991-09-23
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 134921566X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe opportunities opened up by the Gorbachev reforms have shown that religion is one of the most significant dynamic forces in Soviet society. Yet few scholars have attempted to relate the study of churches and religious movements in recent centuries to the politics and culture of the Soviet Union. To remedy this deficiency, leading western experts on Christianity in the Eastern Slav lands gathered at a conference in London on the occasion of the millennium of the baptism of Rus'. Their papers present unexpected and fascinating insights into an under-rated but crucial aspect of the life of the Soviet peoples.
Author: Rob van der Laarse
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789462402652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKState-society-identity relations could be defined as interaction(s) between state institutions, societal groups and individuals living within the borders of a (political) community/ state. These relations are never static, but vibrant, being in constant transition under the influence of cultural, religious and other developmental processes happening in individual and in society. Within the democratic structures the relation between state, society and individual is more open-minded placing the protection of citizens, preservation of citizens' rights, freedoms, and responsibilities as a departing point of dialogue taking in the perspective of the citizens' cultural, religious, and ethnic affiliations and backgrounds. Within totalitarian structures this relation is hindered and is not fully developed. The present publication addresses the transition in religion-state-societyidentity relations in Ukraine within the three-dimensional approach focusing on transdisciplinary perspectives on (1) political protests, (2) civil movements and/ or (3) revolution of dignity. Can the current events in Ukraine be defined mainly as political protests, i.e. a transition in state structure? Or more as civil movements, i.e. transition in society? Or is it a revolution of dignity, i.e. a transition in/of religion? An international group of researchers and experts from universities in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States of America have offered their perspective on the events in Ukraine in attempting to equip the reader with a glimpse of understanding of what happens in Ukraine and what consequences could be expected. Fair recognition of the events happening in Ukraine at the present time is already a first step towards reconciliation in the future. [Subject: Politics, Human Rights Law, ?Religion
Author: Catherine Wanner
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2013-02-07
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780199937639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKState Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is a collection of essays written by a broad cross-section of scholars from around the world that explores the myriad forms religious expression and religious practice took in Soviet society in conjunction with the Soviet government's commitment to secularization.
Author: Vladimir Fedorov
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9785931120065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Merritt Miner
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003-10-16
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0807862126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II. Miner demonstrates that Stalin decided to restore the Church to prominence not primarily as a means to stoke the fires of Russian nationalism but as a tool for restoring Soviet power to areas that the Red Army recovered from German occupation. The Kremlin also harnessed the Church for propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the Western Allies that the USSR, far from being a source of religious repression, was a bastion of religious freedom. In his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR.