Democratization in Christian Orthodox Europe: Comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Notes Bibliography Chapter 2: Orthodoxy and democratization: reassessing the relationship Challenging the “incompatibility thesis” Orthodox Christian Churches and democratization in Greece, Serbia and Russia: What do we know so far? Argument of the book Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: Free-riding of the Church of Greece The Church–State relationship in Greece: a brief historical perspective The military junta and the Church of Greece (1967–1974) The Junta's Church explained The fall of the junta and the Church of Greece Explaining the role of the Church of Greece during the rule of the military junta Life after the junta: the Church of Greece and the challenges of democracy Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: Leading role of the Serbian Orthodox Church Church–State relations in Serbia: a brief historical perspective Serbian democratization and the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church The political role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the post-2000 period Explaining the political role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the democratization process in Serbia Notes Bibliography Chapter 5: Reactionary resistance of the Russian Orthodox Church Church–State relations in Russia: a brief historical analysis Russian presidentialism and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church Boris Yeltsin and the “invisible hand” of the Russian Orthodox Church The first two mandates of Vladimir V. Putin (2000–2008): revitalizing “symphonia” Short intermezzo: the political role of the Russian Orthodox Church during the presidency of Dmitriy Medvedev (2008–2012) Vladimir Putin and the ROC reloaded The failure of Russian democratization and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Three churches, three roads: comparing Greece, Serbia and Russia Note Bibliography Chapter 7: Conclusions: what lessons have we learned? Index