church-state relations

The Russian Orthodox Church and the October Revolution

The publication offers the analysis of socio‑political attitudes among the highest Church hierarchy at a turning point of Russian history in 1917. The main directions of the Church’s activities in overcoming the crisis of state‑church relations and the state‑public system are indicated. The article discusses the peacekeeping initiatives of the Church on the eve of the Civil War in Russia. It then explores the main causes and circumstances that determined the Church’s positions and further activities under the Soviet power.

Three Models of Church-State Relations in Contemporary Russia

This article looks at state‑religion relations in Russia at two levels: legal and political. After an introductory overview of the development of religious freedom legislation in Russia since the fall of the USSR, I analyze the current model of religion‑state relations in Russia. I then move from the legal to the political plane and argue that in Russia not one, but three models of religion‑state relations are at play, which coexist and in part contradict each other.

“Everson”, “McCollum”, “Zorach”: The Supreme Court and the Debate on Church-State Relations in the United States in the Late 1940s — Early 1950s

This article studies the situation in church‑state relations in the United States in the late 1940s — early 1950s. The Supreme Court’s decisions in the Everson (1947), McCollum (1948) and Zorach (1952) cases concerned the majority of U. S. religious bodies. These decisions provoked debates on the issues of the secularization of American society and cooperation between church and state in various fields. Interpretation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment was an important subject of the polemics too.

The Development of “Theology of Power” in the Fourteenth — Sixteenth Century Russia

The article examines the development of a particular “theology of power” in Russia in the 14-16th centuries, which became a foundation of the Russian ideology of monarchical rule. It explores a specific relationship between the Russian church and state as expressed in Ivan the Terrible’s theological views. It then discusses several inner conflicts and alternative theological viewpoints on the phenomenon of Tsar’s power in the medieval Russia. It goes further with detailed analysis of how this “theology of power” affected the country’s later socio-cultural history.

Religion in the Third Reich Youth Propaganda