Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks

   • Thomas Bremer

   Pages 1-15

3. Geography, Eschatology, and Religious Conversions in the Ninth Century

   • Leonid S. Chekin

   Pages 16-39

4. Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe: Ethno-confessional Aspect

   • Liliya Berezhnaya

   Pages 40-65

5. Confessionalization in the Slavia Orthodoxa (Belorussia, Ukraine, Russia)? — Potential and Limits of a Western Historiographical Concept

   • Alfons Brüning

   Pages 66-97

6. Situational Religiosity: Everyday Strategies of the Moscow Christ-Faith Believers and of the St Petersburg Mystics Attracted by This Faith in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

   • Ekaterina Emeliantseva

   Pages 98-120

7. The Chapel of the Polish Kings: History, Religion, and the Borders of an Imagined Nation

   • Robert E. Alvis

   Pages 121-145

8. Romanian Orthodox Theologians as Pioneers of the Ecumenical Dialogue Between East and West: The Relevance and Topicality of Their Position in Uniting Europe

   • Mihai Săsăujan

   Pages 146-165

9. Peace Through Reconciliation: Aktion Sühnezeichen and the Lutheran Church in the GDR

   • David Doellinger

   Pages 166-181

10. Religiosity in European Comparison — Theoretical and Empirical Ideas

    • Gert Pickel

    Pages 182-214

11. Catholic Tradition and New Religious Movements: What Is New in the Present Religious Landscape in Croatia?

    • Zrinka Štimac

    Pages 215-228

12. The Concept of Canonical Territory in the Russian Orthodox Church

    • Johannes Oeldemann

    Pages 229-236

13. Back Matter

    Pages 237-242

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This volume concentrates on the 'conceptual boundary' through Europe which is determined by Western and Eastern Christianity. The chapters show that the boundary has never been a stable and defined division, but that it was also subject to change and development and a place of encounter and exchange between religions and cultures.

• Europe
• peace
• Polis
• Russia
• Ukraine
• european union politics

'This volume highlights religion at work through encounters of cultures and civilizations. It showcases religion's transnational nature and its incredible diversity observed in the new context of an integrating Europe. The shift from the conflict perspective to 'encounters of faiths' is refreshing and inspiring.' - Vjekoslav Perica, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Utah, USA

• Department of Catholic Theology, University of Münster, Germany

  Thomas Bremer

ROBERT E. ALVIS History Department, St Meinrad School of Theology, USA LILIYA BEREZHNAYA Historian, formerly Gerda Henkel Fellow, Münster, Germany ALFONS BRÜNING Institute for Eastern Churches Studies, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands LEONID S. CHEKIN Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia DAVID DOELLINGER Department of History, Western Oregon University, USA EKATERINA EMELIANTSEVA Department of Eastern European History, Zurich University, Switzerland JOHANNES OELDEMANN Johann-Adam-Moehler-Institute for Ecumenics, Paderborn, Germany GERT PICKEL Cultural Sociology, Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder, Germany MIHAI SASAUJAN Chair of Church History, Bucharest University, Romania ZRINKA STIMAC Graduate School, Jena University, Germany

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