The Many Faces of Christianism : The 'Russian World' in Europe /

The Many Faces of Christianism : The 'Russian World' in Europe /

Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine a 'Holy War'? This book offers insights into the complex ideology of the Russki Mir or 'Russian World', which must be understood as Russian-shaped world order or peace - but above all, a claim to the sacred. The collected essays describe how Far...

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Other Authors: Grozdanov, Zoran (Editor), Johnson, Sophia (Editor), Kratochvíl, Petr (Editor), Tol, Marietta van der (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Political and Public Theologies ; 7.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Religious Studies.
Theology and World Christianity.

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Call Number: BL41

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1 The Many Faces of Christianism: The 'Russian World' in Europe
  •   Marietta van der Tol, Petr Kratochvíl, Sophia Johnson, and Zoran Grozdanov
  • 2 Populism and Religion: Why the Twain Will Always Meet
  •   Petr Kratochvíl
  • 3 When a Light Cloak Turns into a Pious Cage: Thinking National Identity with Karl Barth and John Paul II
  •   Zoran Grozdanov
  • 4 Fratelli Tutti: A Failed Battle against Christian Nationalism?
  •   Anne Guillard
  • 5 The Russian World, The Hungarian World, and Make America Great Again: Political Imaginaries and Their Spaces
  •   Marietta van der Tol
  • 6 Russian World, Holy Russia: Towards a New Ideology?
  •   Veronica Cibotaru
  • 7 Putinism and Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Religious Motifs
  •   Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
  • 8 From St. Paul and Carl Schmitt to Alexander Dugin: The Katechon as a Political Category in Empire Building
  •   Dustin J. Byrd
  • 9 Between Religious Nationalism and Universal Familism: Anti-Gender Movement Values in Croatia and Serbia
  •   Ivan Tranfić
  • 10 The Orthodox Church and the Greek Solution Party: A Stunted Political Relation between Adjacent Ideological Platforms
  •   Konstantinos Papastathis and Anastasia Litina
  • 11 Belonging without Attending? National Identity and Contemporary Religious Patterns in Serbia
  •   Marko Veković
  • 12 The Danish People's Party and the Heritage of Tidehverv: A National Example of a European Tendency
  •   Erik Sporon Fiedler
  • 13 Christianity, Religion and Christian Democracy
  •   Katharina Kunter and Leon van den Broeke
  • 14 The European Union as a Space of (In)Securities: Analysing Political Reasoning by Lithuanian Catholics
  •   Rosita Garškaitė-Antonowicz
  • 15 Theopolitical Visions of National Belonging: Resisting the Totalising Tendencies of Inclusion
  •   Jenny Leith
  • 16 The Contested Meanings of the Anglican Parish in Multireligious England
  •   Lauren Morry
  • 17 Concluding Reflection: The Call for Political Theologies after Christendom
  •   Marietta van der Tol, Petr Kratochvíl, Sophia Johnson, and Zoran Grozdanov
  • Appendix 1: A Declaration on the "Russian World" (Russkii Mir) Teaching
  • Appendix 2: A statement of solidarity with the Orthodox Declaration on the "Russian World" (russkii mir) Teaching, and against Christian Nationalism and New Totalitarianism
  • Index.