The study of religion holds great promise for the study of identity, institutional origins, the
state, and the strategies of institutional actors in comparative politics. Doctrinal differences …

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that
characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive work on the subject to …

" Zigon's ethnography provides a fascinating window onto the concrete processes through
which people undergoing rehabilitation for drug addiction are remade as moral persons …

This article offers a case study of the Russian-American pro-family organisation the World
Congress of Families, explaining its emergence, strategies, and religious and political …

The Moralist International analyzes the role of the Russian Orthodox Church and the
Russian state in the global culture wars over gender and reproductive rights and religious …

In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has become a more prominent part of post-
Soviet Russia. A number of assumptions exist regarding the Church's relationship with the …

This book examines the key 2008 publication of the Russian Orthodox Church on human
dignity, freedom, and rights. It considers how the document was formed, charting the …

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and
practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal cases involving …

Vast changes in technologies and geopolitics have produced a wholesale shift in the way
states and other powerful entities think about the production and retention of popular …

Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case
study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing …