LEAVING SOCIALISM BEHIND: HOW CHURCHES IN THE POST-SOVIET TERRITORIES ADAPTED TO A NEW LIFE IN RUSSIA AND POLAND
LEAVING SOCIALISM BEHIND: HOW CHURCHES IN THE POST-SOVIET TERRITORIES ADAPTED TO A NEW LIFE IN RUSSIA AND POLAND
Author(s): Boris FilippovSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Political history, Politics and religion, History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: The socialist system; Russian Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church of Poland; transformation; homo sovieticus; nationalism; provincialism; performers of rites (treboispolniteli);
Summary/Abstract: It is not possible to reduce the heritage of the Socialist system to the restoration of the historical justice through the restitutions and to the constitutional definition of the principles of the Church-state relationships. During the first 10-15 years after the fall of the communist regimes, these problems were recognized and solved in most of the post-Soviet countries at the legislative level. By the time of the collapse of the socialist system, the Russian Orthodox Church (hereinafter the ROC) and the Roman Catholic Church of Poland (hereinafter the RCC) had different institutional and intellectual resources. The Catholic Church in Poland was a powerful national institution with a developed infrastructure. The position of the Russian Orthodox Church was fundamentally different. The key problem for it was the restoration of the church infrastructure that was almost completely destroyed by the Soviet authorities.
Journal: Religiski-filozofiski raksti
- Issue Year: XXV/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-45
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English