Tornike Metreveli

Vilken roll spelar kyrkornas riter i krissituationer? Hur formas ritual och gudstjänst under omständigheter präglade av olyckor, pandemi, krig eller andra oförutsedda kriser på individ-, kyrko- och samhällsnivå? Dessa frågor utgör tema för årets volym av Svenskt gudstjänstliv: Riter i kriser. I årsbokens fem artiklar belyser sex författare på olika sätt såväl historiska som aktuella kriser och vad dessa inneburit för gudstjänstlivets språk, konst, musik och trosuppfattning, liksom för dess rituella praxis. Inte minst inbjuder fallstudiernas perspektiv på gudstjänstens anpassningar och fördjupade innebörd till reflektion och analys av gudstjänstlivet i vår tids stora kriser i form av världspandemi och krigsutbrott i Europa. Sist i årsboken följer en recensionsavdelning över ny litteratur inom liturgik, kyrkokonst, kyrkomusik och homiletik. Årsbok för Svenskt Gudstjänstliv årgång 97 / 2022

This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal, and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist politics depended on whether the interests of the church (for example, in education, the legal system or economic activity) were accommodated or threatened: if accommodated, churches confined themselves to the sacred domain; if threatened, they engaged in daily politics. If churches competed with each other for organizational interests, they evoked the support of nationalism while remaining within the religious domain. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal, and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist politics depended on whether the interests of the church (for example, in education, the legal system or economic activity) were accommodated or threatened: if accommodated, churches confined themselves to the sacred domain; if threatened, they engaged in daily politics. If churches competed with each other for organizational interests, they evoked the support of nationalism while remaining within the religious domain. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.