In 2017, I argued that the concepts of civil and political religions help explain contemporary sociopolitical developments in Russia and…
Revisited: Political religion and crises of legitimacy
Russia
A conversation with Yuri Slezkine
As the final installment of the Fall 2018 book forum on The House of Government, forum co-curators Sonja Luehrmann and…
Bolshevism as secular religion? A discussion of The House of Government
In order to expand the discussion of Slezkine’s study, we asked scholars of religion familiar with the Soviet and other…
Four patriarchs and a Baptist preacher
A brief glance back at the history of Ukraine reveals a religiously diverse assortment of leaders.
Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
On February 21, 2012, five members of a Russian punk collective called Pussy Riot entered the Cathedral of Christ the…
Politics of Faith—The Role of Religion in Divided Societies
America Abroad, the award-winning documentary radio program, has released a new documentary, "The Politics of Faith---The Role of Religion in…