Russia and Turkey’s international religious influence relies on a specific national narrative – one that is challenged by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Plenty has been said about the health benefits of fasting, but what about as a religious practice?
Saint Sophia Cathedral was built under the reign of Grand Prince Yaroslav, whose father, Volodymyr, converted the region to Christianity.
Religion plays an important role in expansive views of Russian nationhood. But faith has played a role in Ukrainian nationalism, too.
The war in Ukraine is just the latest chapter in a long, tangled relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.
To many Ukrainians, Jesus’ mother has a special relationship with their country.
The war in Ukraine has an important faith dimension, because Christians on both sides share thousands of years of religious history.
The current split in Ukrainian Orthodoxy reflects a fundamental question: Are Ukrainians and Russians one people or two separate nations?
We disapprove of distraction and consider attention as being valuable. What if they were, in fact, morally charged words, referring to the same behavior? Here’s what early Christian monks thought.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester
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Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
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Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies, Vanderbilt University
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Director of the Marian Library and Professor, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Fellow Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, University of Cambridge