Description: Focusing on the roles of Russian Orthodoxy and Islam in constituting, challenging and changing national and ethnic identities in Russia, this study takes Tsarist and Soviet legacies into account, paying special attention to the evolution of the relationship between religious teachings and political institutions through the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Review Quotes: '...this wide-ranging volume should be of keen interest to those working on the political dimensions of Russian Orthodoxy and Islam in post-Communist Russia and on their mutual interrelationship.' Slavonic and East European Review 'This is a timely volume on the role of religion in contemporary Russia...the volume presents a useful contribution to the ongoing debate on the role of religion and nationalism in transitional societies.' Europe-Asia Studies