Overview

This book looks at Eastern and Western monasticism’s continuous and intensive interactions with society in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. It discusses the role monastics played in fostering national identities, as well as the potentiality of monasteries and religious orders to be vehicles of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue within and beyond national boundaries. Using a country-specific analysis, the book highlights the monastic tradition and monastic establishments. It addresses gaps in the academic study of religion in Eastern European and Russian historiography and looks at the role of monasticism as a cultural and national identity forming determinant in the region.

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Author:   Ines Angeli Murzaku (Seton Hall University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780815364665

ISBN 10:   0815364660
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   03 January 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Monasticism in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics: An Introduction PART I: Monasticism in Eastern - Central Europe 1. Monasticism in Bulgaria 2. Croatian Monasticism and Glagolitic Tradition: Glagolitic Letters at Home and Abroad 3. Monasticism in Slovakia and Slovak National Development 4. Catholic Monasticism, Orders, and Societies in Hungary: Ten Centuries of Expansion, Disaster, and Revival 5. Religion and Identity in Montenegro 6. Relations between the Holy Mountain and Eastern Europe c.1850-2000 7. Roman Catholic Monasticism in Poland 8. Orthodox Monasticism and the Development of the Modern Romanian State from Dora d’Istria’s Criticism to Cyclical Reevaluation of Monastic Spirituality in Contemporary Romania 9. Monasticism in Serbia in the Modern Period: Development, Influence, Importance 10. The Church and Religious Orders in Slovenia in the Twentieth Century 11. Between East and West: Albania's Monastic Mosaic PART II: Monasticism in Russia and Former Soviet Republics 12. Monasticism in Modern Russia 13. Monasticism in Russia's Far North in the Pre-Petrine Era: Social, Cultural, and Economic Interaction 14. Abbots and Artifacts: The Construction of Orthodox-Based Russian National Identity at Resurrection ""New Jerusalem"" Monastery in the Nineteenth Century 15. Monasticism and the Construction of the Armenian Intellectual Tradition 16. Monks and Monasticism in Georgia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 17. Greco-Catholic Monasticism in Ukraine: Between Mission and Contemplation"

Reviews

Professor Murzaku fills a significant void in her recent marvelous collection of essays on the role of monasticism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states...Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics is a must have for scholars in the area...I know of no other work available in English that details monasticism in ECE and FSR in an inter-disciplinary forum with attention to both Orthodox and Catholic expressions of monastic life... All theological and university libraries ought to have a copy for reference, in addition to those who research and teach in the areas of Eastern Christianity, ecumenism, spirituality and ecclesiology...I highly recommend this text. Robert P. Marko, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI - Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 36 Issue 5 2016

"""Professor Murzaku fills a significant void in her recent marvelous collection of essays on the role of monasticism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states...Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics is a must have for scholars in the area...I know of no other work available in English that details monasticism in ECE and FSR in an inter-disciplinary forum with attention to both Orthodox and Catholic expressions of monastic life... All theological and university libraries ought to have a copy for reference, in addition to those who research and teach in the areas of Eastern Christianity, ecumenism, spirituality and ecclesiology...I highly recommend this text."" Robert P. Marko, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI - Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 36 Issue 5 2016"

Professor Murzaku fills a significant void in her recent marvelous collection of essays on the role of monasticism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states...Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics is a must have for scholars in the area...I know of no other work available in English that details monasticism in ECE and FSR in an inter-disciplinary forum with attention to both Orthodox and Catholic expressions of monastic life... All theological and university libraries ought to have a copy for reference, in addition to those who research and teach in the areas of Eastern Christianity, ecumenism, spirituality and ecclesiology...I highly recommend this text. Robert P. Marko, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI - Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 36 Issue 5 2016

Author Information

Ines Angeli Murzaku is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Founding Chair of the Department of Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University.

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