ABSTRACT
This book looks at Eastern and Western monasticism’s continuous and intensive interactions with society in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. It discusses the role monastics played in fostering national identities, as well as the potentiality of monasteries and religious orders to be vehicles of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue within and beyond national boundaries. Using a country-specific analysis, the book highlights the monastic tradition and monastic establishments. It addresses gaps in the academic study of religion in Eastern European and Russian historiography and looks at the role of monasticism as a cultural and national identity forming determinant in the region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |246 pages
Monasticism in Eastern–Central Europe
chapter |20 pages
Croatian monasticism and Glagolitic tradition
chapter |24 pages
Catholic monasticism, orders, and societies in Hungary
chapter |17 pages
Orthodox monasticism and the development of the modern Romanian state
part |134 pages
Monasticism in Russia and the Former Soviet Republics