The Social and Political Role of the Russian Orthodox Church as Perceived by College Students

Abstract

The article compares the data from a survey reflecting college students’ perception of the social and political role of the Russian Orthodox Church with the results of nationwide Russian surveys for the purpose of determining the degree to which the basic conclusions coincide or differ.

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The Social and Political Role of the Russian Orthodox Church as Perceived by College Students

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English translation © 2015 Taylor & Francis, from the Russian text © 2013 the authors. “Obshchestvenno-politicheskaia rol' RPTs v vospriiatii studenchestva,” Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniia, 2013, no. 10, pp. 115–19. A publication of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences; and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Larisa Anatol'evna Andreeva is a doctor of philosophical sciences and a lead science associate in the Center for Civilization and Regional Research, Russian Academy of Sciences. Liudmila Konstantinovna Andreeva is an associate professor at Moscow K.G. Razumovskii State University of Technologies and Management. Translated by Kim Braithwaite. Translation reprinted from Russian Education and Society, vol. 57, no. 2. DOI: 10.1080/10609393.2015.1018742