| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 311 pages) |
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Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States Ser |
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Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States Ser
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| Contents |
Orthodox churches, nation-building and forced migration in Ukraine / Viktor Yelensky -- The Russian Orthodox Church, human security, migration and refugees: concepts, strategies and actions / Alicja Curanovic -- The state's guardian angel? The Georgian Orthodox Church and human security / Tornike Metreveli -- The Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the European refugee crisis: the policies of state and church and civil society in Belarus / Alena Alshanskaya -- The impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Turkey's state capacity / Kivanc Ulusoy -- The Orthodox Church of Greece: church-state relations, migratory patterns and sociopolitical challenges / Georgios E. Trantas -- The humanitarian engagement of faith-based organisations in Serbia: balancing between the Vulnerable Human and the (In)Secure (Nation)State / Marta Stojic Mitrovic and Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic -- The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the refugee crisis / Daniela Kalkandjieva -- Policies and perspectives on human security and international mobility in the Romanian Orthodox Church / Iuliana Conovici -- From Orthodox migrants to the migration of the Orthodox church(es): making sense of the Orthodox presence in Western Europe / Jean-François Mayer -- Hospitality for strangers? Policies and practices of Eastern Christian churches and charities in support of new migrants to the United States and refugees abroad / Jerry G. Pankhurst |
| Summary |
The conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe. Fleeing war and violence, millions of refugees and internally displaced people face the social and political cultures of the predominantly Christian Orthodox countries in the post-Soviet space and Southeastern Europe. This book examines the ambivalence of Orthodox churches and other religious communities, some of which have provided support to migrants and displaced populations while others have condemned their arrival. How have religious communities and state institutions engaged with forced migration? How has forced migration impacted upon religious practices, values and political structures in the region? In which ways do Orthodox churches promote human security in relation to violence and 'the other'? The book explores these questions by bringing together an international team of scholars to examine extensive material in the former Soviet states (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Belarus), Southeastern Europe (Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania), Western Europe and the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forced migration -- Europe, Eastern
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Forced migration -- Balkan Peninsula
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Religion and social problems -- Europe, Eastern
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Religion and social problems -- Balkan Peninsula
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Refugees -- Religious life -- Europe, Eastern
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Refugees -- Religious life -- Balkan Peninsula
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Forced migration
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Religion and social problems
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Balkan Peninsula
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Eastern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leuștean, Lucian, editor
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| ISBN |
9781351185226 |
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1351185225 |
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