Sebastian Rimestad studied Political Science and International Relations in Aberdeen (United Kingdom) and Tartu (Estonia) as well as Religious Studies in Erfurt (Germany). He finished his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in 2011. His research interests include religion and modernity, Orthodox Christianity in minority contexts and the modern history of Northeast Europe.

• Contents: Orthodox Church in Estonia and Latvia, 1917-1940 – Struggling for independence from Moscow – Managing ethnic diversity – Building democratic structures – Countering societal antagonism – Redressing unfavourable historiography.

«Die Studie bietet viele Denkanstöße und kann zu den wenigen bestens gelungenen Grundlagenarbeiten über die Kirchengeschichte im Baltikum gezählt werden.» (Svetlana Bogojavlenska, Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 63.2, 2014)

Sebastian Rimestad studied Political Science and International Relations in Aberdeen (United Kingdom) and Tartu (Estonia) as well as Religious Studies in Erfurt (Germany). He finished his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in 2011. His research interests include religion and modernity, Orthodox Christianity in minority contexts and the modern history of Northeast Europe.

• Contents: Orthodox Church in Estonia and Latvia, 1917-1940 – Struggling for independence from Moscow – Managing ethnic diversity – Building democratic structures – Countering societal antagonism – Redressing unfavourable historiography.

«Die Studie bietet viele Denkanstöße und kann zu den wenigen bestens gelungenen Grundlagenarbeiten über die Kirchengeschichte im Baltikum gezählt werden.» (Svetlana Bogojavlenska, Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 63.2, 2014)

Sebastian Rimestad studied Political Science and International Relations in Aberdeen (United Kingdom) and Tartu (Estonia) as well as Religious Studies in Erfurt (Germany). He finished his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in 2011. His research interests include religion and modernity, Orthodox Christianity in minority contexts and the modern history of Northeast Europe.

• Contents: Orthodox Church in Estonia and Latvia, 1917-1940 – Struggling for independence from Moscow – Managing ethnic diversity – Building democratic structures – Countering societal antagonism – Redressing unfavourable historiography.

«Die Studie bietet viele Denkanstöße und kann zu den wenigen bestens gelungenen Grundlagenarbeiten über die Kirchengeschichte im Baltikum gezählt werden.» (Svetlana Bogojavlenska, Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 63.2, 2014)