Examines

Published by Baylor University, November 2004

New Book Examines Role of Russian Orthodox Church in Politics and Society in Russia

Draft chapters of a new book examining the role the Russian Orthodox Church has played in the construction of democracy and civil society in post-Soviet Russia are now available for review at http://www3.baylor.edu/Church_State/orthodoxy1.html . Burden or Blessing?

Russian Orthodoxy and the Construction of Civil Society and Democracy is the outgrowth of a project spearheaded by Boston University's Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. The book is edited by Professor Chris Marsh of Baylor University and brings together Russian, American and European scholars to analyze and discuss the interrelationship between religion and politics in contemporary Russia.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Ambivalent Role of Orthodoxy in the Construction of Civil Society and Democracy in Russia - Christopher Marsh

Chapter 2: Civil Society, Russian Orthodoxy and Democracy: Theoretical Framework / Conceptual Clarification - Zoe Knox

Chapter 3: Failing Freedom: Parties, Elites and the Uncertainty of Religious Life in Russia - Beth M. Admiraal

Chapter 4: Unity in Diversity: Civil Society, Democracy, and Orthodoxy in Contemporary Russia - Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Chapter 5: Orthodoxy and the Societal Ideal - Vsevolod Chaplin

Chapter 6: The Resurgence of Russian Orthodoxy and its Implications for Russian Democracy - Irina A. Papkov

Chapter 7: Centralization of Power, Fragmentation of Belief: Statist Relativism in Post-Soviet Russia - Lawrence A. Uzzell

Chapter 8: Russian Orthodoxy, the Russian Ministry of Education, and Post-Communist Moral Education - Perry L. Glanzer and Gregory Kljutcharev

Chapter 9: The Church and the Struggle for Renewal: The Experience of Three Moscow Parishes - Wallace Daniel

Chapter 10: The Church of the Icon of the Kazan’ Mother of God on Red Square: A Symbol of Unity for Russian Society - Brigit Farley and Ann Kleimola

Chapter 11: Orthodox Yarmarki as a Form of Civic Engagement - Inna Naletova

Chapter 12: The Orthodox Church Seeks to Place Itself in Russian Society - Philip Walters

Chapter 13: Religiosity, Politics, and the Formation of Civil Society in Multinational Russia - James Warhola



Volume 6 Number 47 - Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004	A Publication of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY