The Contemporary Study of Religion, Society and Politics in Russia: A Scholar’s Reflections¹

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¹ This paper was first presented as a keynote address at the international workshop ‘Religion, Politics and Policy-Making in Russia: Domestic and International Dimensions’ organised by the Centre for EU-Russia Studies (CEURUS) at the University of Tartu, Estonia, 6–7 June 2012. It has been updated with some relevant references.

² For example, the panel ‘Renewal or Stagnation? Church–State Relations in Russia under Patriarch Kirill’ at the ASEEES Annual Convention, 19 November 2011, Washington DC.

³ As important sources in continuing progress in this field of regional studies we should note the work of Keston Institute (www.keston.org.uk) building on its seven-volume encyclopedia of religious life in Russia (published between 2003 and 2008) and the work of the Forum 18 News Service (http://www.forum18.org) in reporting on religious freedom issues in the Russian regions and other parts of the former Soviet Union.

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Irina Papkova

Irina Papkova is currently a research fellow of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University. While her research interests continue to include religion in post-Soviet Russia, she is currently working on a project exploring the contemporary situation of Christians in the Middle East. Recent publications include The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics (Washington DC, Woodrow Wilson Center Press/New York, Oxford University Press).