Russia has long exercised a special fascination for people in the West, which has been increased recently by the publicity given to the dissent of its leading i
This book investigates how the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected the religious situation in these countries. It considers threats to and
"There is little written about the Russian Orthodox Church, and precious little by political scientists who use qualitative, critical methods. This book is a we
When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools-
This book is the first to investigate the role of religious conversion in the long history of Russian state building, with geographic coverage from Poland and E