ABSTRACT
There have been a total of nine chapters presented in the course of this book, which cover various issues concerning religion, politics and nation-building in post-communist countries: Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. Different religions or denominations are studied, particularly Catholicism, Islam, (Christian) Orthodoxy, Protestantism and shamanism. The chapters present a broad picture of religion and its contribution to state and society in the selected countries. It is, in some manner, a challenge for the editors to glean from this wealth of information gems of the smaller pieces of the puzzle in order to make a larger picture more apparent to the reader. This final chapter brings up points that were raised in the introduction and subsequent chapters as well as offers some notes on wider implications, including suggestions of future research.
