‘Neither Victim nor Executioner’: Essential Insights from Secularization Theory for the Revitalization of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Contemporary World

This essay explores two recent expressions of hostility towards secularization by Russian Orthodox officials (one from the Holy Synod of ROCOR and the other from Metropolitan Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev), and evaluates the likely consequences of this hostility. Drawing from secularization theorists...

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Main Author: Rico G. Monge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/9/170