Religion and the conceptual boundary in Central and Eastern Europe
| Titel: | Religion and the conceptual boundary in Central and Eastern Europe : encounters of faiths / ed. by Thomas Bremer |
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| Beteiligt: | |
| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Veröffentlicht: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 |
| Umfang: | XI, 242 Seiten : Karten ; 22cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Studies in Central and Eastern Europe |
| RVK-Notation: | |
| ISBN: | 0230550762 ; 9780230550766 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Aufsatznachweise im Index theologicus
Inhaltsverzeichnis Cover |
X
- Preface
- p. viii
- Acknowledgements
- p. x
- Notes on Contributors
- p. xi
- 1
- Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks
- p. 1
- The conception of borderlines
- p. 3
- Church and state, church and nation
- p. 4
- Church and democracy
- p. 7
- 2
- Geography, Eschatology, and Religious Conversions in the Ninth Century
- p. 16
- The missionary task
- p. 17
- The geography of nations
- p. 21
- The conversion of Gog and Magog
- p. 26
- The first conversion of the Rhos
- p. 29
- 3
- Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe: Ethno-confessional Aspect
- p. 40
- Frontier history and the Ruthenian lands
- p. 41
- Early modern Ruthenian identities in the light of A. J. Rieber's scheme
- p. 44
- Religious and ethnic, religious versus ethnic
- p. 48
- Antemurale Christianitatis: Poland or Ruthenia?
- p. 51
- 4
- Confessionalization in the Slavia Orthodoxa (Belorussia, Ukraine, Russia)? - Potential and Limits of a Western Historiographical Concept
- p. 66
- 5
- Situational Religiosity: Everyday Strategies of the Moscow Christ-Faith Believers and of the St Petersburg Mystics Attracted by This Faith in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
- p. 98
- The spiritual brotherhood of Ekaterina Tatarinova
- p. 100
- Mar'ia Borisova's Christ-faith community
- p. 102
- Situational religiosity
- p. 103
- Domestic life of Mar'ia Borisova's associates
- p. 106
- Religious practice of Mar'ia Borisova's associates
- p. 107
- Religious practice of Tatarinova's adherents
- p. 108
- Conclusion
- p. 111
- 6
- The Chapel of the Polish Kings: History, Religion, and the Borders of an Imagined Nation
- p. 121
- Mieszko and Boleslaw in Life and death
- p. 123
- The eclipse of Poland and the rise of Polish nationalism
- p. 125
- Building the Chapel of the Polish kings
- p. 128
- Decoding the chapel
- p. 133
- Aftermath and conclusion
- p. 140
- 7
- Romanian Orthodox Theologians as Pioneers of the Ecumenical Dialogue Between East and West: The Relevance and Topicality of Their Position in Uniting Europe
- p. 146
- General considerations of the ecumenical activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the first half of the 20th century
- p. 146
- The position of metropolitan Nicolae Balan (1920-55) of Transylvania regarding the ecumenical movement
- p. 152
- The position of Professor I. G. Coman towards the ecumenical movement at the Orthodox Conference in Moscow (9-18 July 1948)
- p. 155
- The Romanian Orthodox Church's implication in the ecumenical movement after 1961
- p. 160
- The relevance and topicality of the mentioned theologian's ideas in uniting Europe
- p. 161
- 8
- Peace Through Reconciliation: Aktion Suhnezeichen and the Lutheran Church in the GDR
- p. 166
- Summer camps
- p. 168
- Annual assembly
- p. 170
- Regional groups
- p. 172
- Conclusions
- p. 174
- 9
- Religiosity in European Comparison - Theoretical and Empirical Ideas
- p. 182
- Introduction
- p. 182
- Theoretical structures or groups of countries in Europe
- p. 184
- Data, indicators, and measurement for religious vitality
- p. 190
- The situation of Religiosity in Western and Eastern Europe 2000
- p. 193
- Sources of Eastern European religiosity
- p. 202
- Conclusion
- p. 208
- 10
- Catholic Tradition and New Religious Movements: What Is New in the Present Religious Landscape in Croatia?
- p. 215
- General information about the religious situation in the Republic of Croatia
- p. 215
- New Religious movements, 'New Age' and familiar phenomena
- p. 219
- Croation youth in past and present: an overview
- p. 222
- Conclusion
- p. 223
- 11
- The Concept of Canonical Territory in the Russian Orthodox Church
- p. 229
- Historical and canonical background
- p. 230
- The meaning of the term 'canonical territory'
- p. 232
- Some remarks on the assessment of the concept of canonical territory
- p. 233
- Index
- p. 237
