Turns of Faith, Search for Meaning

Alexander Agadjanian, Prof. Dr., graduated from Moscow State University and worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and at the Department of Religious Studies of Arizona State University. He currently teaches at the Center for the Study of Religions of the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. He has published extensively on religions in the modern world, including Buddhism and Orthodox Christianity.

• Contents: Russian Orthodox Church – Eastern Christianity – National identity – Religious practices – Religion and human rights – Church-State relations – Post-Soviet religiosity – Globalization, religious pluralism – Traditional and liberal values.

«Avec une copieuse bibliographie (39 p.), ce livre nous offre une analyse tres fine d'une société russe en quête d'identité ou les liens entre Église et État sont difficilement compréhensibles en Europe occidentale.»(Revue Istina, 61/2015)«[E]s handelt sich um ein in jeder Hinsicht empfehlenswertes Werk zu vielfältigen Themenfeldern des orthodoxen Christentums.»(Margarete Zimmermann, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 7/2017)Die vollständige Rezension hier lesen