Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe

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Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe is written by Tobias Koellner and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351018922 (ISBN 10) and 9781351018920 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and politics is complex, and how the spheres of religion and politics complement, reinforce, influence, and sometimes contradict each other. Considering a range of thematic issues, with examples from a wide range of countries with significant Orthodox religious groups, and setting the present situation in its full historical context the book provides a rich picture of a subject which has been too often oversimplified.