Orthodoxy versus post-communism? : Belarus, Serbia, Ukraine and the Russkiy Mir / by Michal Wawrzonek, Nelly Bekus and Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vavz͡honek, Mikhal, author.

Bekus, Nelly, author.

Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska, Mirella, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics.

Religion and politics--Serbia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Post-communism has determined the social and political reality in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe for the last 25 years. A characteristic phenomenon during this time is a religious revival in the societies that were subject to intense atheization under the conditions of communist totalitarianism. This process can be observed in Ukraine, Belarus and Serbia. Undoubtedly, in all three cases, the Orthodox faith and the institutions that represent it have become an important element of the political culture. This book analyses the influence of Orthodoxy on political behaviours, values and judgments, looking particularly at such topics as the legacy of communism, shared attitudes towards the "West," the European Union, democracy, and the ways of conceptualising post-communist Ukrainian, Belarussian and Serbian cultural and national identity. The research here explores such events and problems as the "Euromaidan" and the development of a civic society in Ukraine, the process of integration of Serbia into the EU, the perspectives of stability for the regime in Belarus, and the future of efforts for reintegration of post-Soviet space under the hegemony of Moscow.

Contents:

Orthodox Christianity vis-à-vis postcommunist transformation: a conceptual framework / Nelly Bekus and Michal Wawrzonek

"Russkiy mir": a conceptual model of the "Orthodox civilization" / Michal Wawrzonek

On the political mission of Orthodoxy in Belarus and its consequences for the church and state / Nelly Bekus

The Serbian Orthodox Church facing the challenges of the post-Yugoslav space / Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska

Orthodox Church and Orthodox tradition as the components of the political culture in Ukraine / Michał Wawrzonek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4438-3155-7

OCLC:

962756611