Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-179) and index.
Churches and Political Traditions : Historical Contexts and Legacies. Church-state relations in the Eastern Orthodox tradition ; Communist past and post-Communist present : historical and contextual variations -- Churches and Political Operations : Institutional and Grassroots Accounts. Churches and revolutions in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia ; Being a prominent priest in contemporary Serbia and Georgia ; "We are now the Orthodox!" : religion in times of war in Ukraine : the competing discourses of identity ; Churches and public policy : discourse vs. practice