Table of Contents
Preface viii
Acknowledgements x
Notes on Contributors xi
Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks Thomas Bremer 1
The conception of borderlines 3
Church and state, church and nation 4
Church and democracy 7
Geography, Eschatology, and Religious Conversions in the Ninth Century Leonid S. Chekin 16
The missionary task 17
The geography of nations 21
The conversion of Gog and Magog 26
The first conversion of the Rhos 29
Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe: Ethno-confessional Aspect Liliya Berezhnaya 40
Frontier history and the Ruthenian lands 41
Early modern Ruthenian identities in the light of A. J. Rieber's scheme 44
Religious and ethnic, religious versus ethnic 48
Antemurale Christianitatis: Poland or Ruthenia? 51
Confessionalization in the Slavia Orthodoxa (Belorussia, Ukraine, Russia)? - Potential and Limits of a Western Historiographical Concept Alfons Bruning 66
Situational Religiosity: Everyday Strategies of the Moscow Christ-Faith Believers and of the St Petersburg MysticsAttracted by This Faith in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Ekaterina Emeliantseva 98
The spiritual brotherhood of Ekaterina Tatarinova 100
Mar'ia Borisova's Christ-faith community 102
Situational religiosity 103
Domestic life of Mar'ia Borisova's associates 106
Religious practice of Mar'ia Borisova's associates 107
Religious practice of Tatarinova's adherents 108
Conclusion 111
The Chapel of the Polish Kings: History, Religion, and the Borders of an Imagined Nation Robert E. Alvis 121
Mieszko and Boleslaw in Life and death 123
The eclipse of Poland and the rise of Polish nationalism 125
Building the Chapel of the Polish kings 128
Decoding the chapel 133
Aftermath and conclusion 140
Romanian Orthodox Theologians as Pioneers of the Ecumenical Dialogue Between East and West: The Relevance and Topicality of Their Position in Uniting Europe Mihai Sasaujan 146
General considerations of the ecumenical activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the first half of the 20th century 146
The position of metropolitan Nicolae Balan (1920-55) of Transylvania regarding the ecumenical movement 152
The position of Professor I. G. Coman towards the ecumenical movement at the Orthodox Conference in Moscow (9-18 July 1948) 155
The Romanian Orthodox Church's implication in the ecumenical movement after 1961 160
The relevance and topicality of the mentioned theologian's ideas in uniting Europe 161
Peace Through Reconciliation: Aktion Suhnezeichen and the Lutheran Church in the GDR David Doellinger 166
Summer camps 168
Annual assembly 170
Regional groups 172
Conclusions 174
Religiosity in European Comparison - Theoretical and Empirical Ideas Gert Pickel 182
Introduction 182
Theoretical structures or groups of countries in Europe 184
Data, indicators, and measurement for religious vitality 190
The situation of Religiosity in Western and Eastern Europe 2000 193
Sources of Eastern European religiosity 202
Conclusion 208
Catholic Tradition and New Religious Movements: What Is New in the Present Religious Landscape in Croatia? Zrinka Stimac 215
General information about the religious situation in the Republic of Croatia 215
New Religious movements, 'New Age' and familiar phenomena 219
Croation youth in past and present: an overview 222
Conclusion 223
The Concept of Canonical Territory in the Russian Orthodox Church Johannes Oeldemann 229
Historical and canonical background 230
The meaning of the term 'canonical territory' 232
Some remarks on the assessment of the concept of canonical territory 233
Index 237
