The conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe. Fleeing war and violence, millions of refugees and internally displaced people face the social and political cultures of the predominantly Christian Orthodox countries in the post-Soviet space and Southeastern Europe. This book examines the ambivalence of Orthodox churches and other religious communities, some of which have provided support to migrants and displaced populations while others have condemned their arrival. How have religious communities and state institutions engaged with forced migration? How has forced migration impacted upon religious practices, values and political structures in the region? In which ways do Orthodox churches promote human security in relation to violence and the other? The book explores these questions by bringing together an international team of scholars to examine extensive material in the former Soviet states (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Belarus), Southeastern Europe (Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania), Western Europe and the United States.
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A valuable contribution to understanding the diversity of the Orthodox Church and its local historical differences. From a social science perspective, the contributions show the social importance of church actors, which politics and international charity and human rights work must reckon with. From a theological perspective, they are an important testimony to the active involvement of lay organizations, which often disappear behind the analysis of the positions of church leaders. However, they are also an indication of the social-ethical void within the Orthodox theologies and in intra-Orthodox dialogue. - Regina Elsner, in TRAFO
1.Eastern Orthodoxy, Forced Migration and Human Security: Concepts and
Policy Perspectives Lucian N. Leustean Part I. Religion, Migration and Human
Security in the Former Soviet States
2. Orthodox Churches, Nation-Building
and Forced Migration in Ukraine Viktor Yelensky
3. The Russian Orthodox
Church, Human Security, Migration and Refugees: Concepts, Strategies and
Actions Alicja Curanovi
4. The States Guardian Angel? The Georgian Orthodox
Church and Human Security Tornike Metreveli
5. The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
and the European Refugee Crisis: The Policies of State and Church and Civil
Society in Belarus Alena Alshanskaya Part II. Religion, Migration and Human
Security in Southeastern Europe
6. The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on
Turkeys State Capacity Kivanē Ulusoy
7. The Orthodox Church of Greece:
Church-State Relations, Migratory Patterns and Sociopolitical Challenges
Georgios E. Trantas
8. The Humanitarian Engagement of Faith-Based
Organizations in Serbia: Balancing between the Vulnerable Human and the
(In)Secure (Nation)State Marta Stoji Mitrovi and Aleksandra Djuri
Milovanovi
9. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Refugee Crisis Daniela
Kalkandjieva
10. Policies and Perspectives on Human Security and
International Mobility in the Romanian Orthodox Church Iuliana Conovici Part
III. Eastern Orthodoxy and Migration in Western Europe and the United States
11. From Orthodox Migrants to the Migration of the Orthodox Church(es):
Making Sense of the Orthodox Presence in Western Europe Jean-Franēois Mayer
12. Hospitality for Strangers? Policies and Practices of Eastern Christian
Churches and Charities in Support of New Migrants to the United States and
Refugees Abroad Jerry G. Pankhurst
Lucian N. Leustean is Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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