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Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies
Mark D Steinberg
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Description for Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies
Paperback. The resurgent role of religion in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia Editor(s): Steinberg, Mark D.; Wanner, Catherine. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
In the post-Soviet environment of expanded civil freedom with great everyday uncertainty, unhappiness, injustice, and suffering, religious organizations and beliefs in Russia and Eurasia face numerous opportunities and intense challenges. Based on recent research and interdisciplinary methodologies, this volume examines how religious organizations and individuals engage the changing and troubled environment in which they live. The contributions investigate not just Russian Orthodoxy, but also Old Belief, Judaism, Islam, Buriat shamanism, and Catholicism. Among the important questions considered are how religion addresses problems of charity, memory, justice, community, morality, nationalism, democracy, and civil liberties.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220387
SKU
V9780253220387
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About Mark D Steinberg
Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and editor of Slavic Review. He is editor (with Heather J. Coleman) of Sacred Stories: Religion and Spirituality in Modern Russia (IUP, 2007). Catherine Wanner is Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State University and is author of Communities of the ... Read more
Reviews for Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies
WASHINGTON—Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies, edited by Mark D. Steinberg and Catherine Wanner. It is copublished with Indiana University Press. In the post-Soviet environment of expanded civil freedom, there is still great everyday uncertainty, unhappiness, injustice, and suffering, and religious organizations and beliefs in Russia and Eurasia face ... Read more