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Religious crossings and conversions on the Muslim–Christian frontier in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

, 2010
The renewed relevance of religion in post-Soviet public spheres has been accompanied by conspicuous and controversial conversion processes. This article compares cases of conversion on the Muslim-Christian frontier in Kyrgyzstan and in Georgia. It argues
Pelkmans, Mathijs
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Microorganisms as Shapers of Human Civilization, from Pandemics to Even Our Genomes: Villains or Friends? A Historical Approach. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Rodríguez-Frías F, Quer J, Tabernero D, Cortese MF, Garcia-Garcia S, Rando-Segura A, Pumarola T.   +6 more
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Greek Rite Catholicism in Lithuania: The Mission of Bishop Petras Būčys, 1930–1940

, 2016
This paper aims at an exhaustive analysis of the initiatives of Eastern Rite evangelization in interwar Lithuania, at discerning their stimuli, and at demonstrating the scope and outcomes of these activities.
Laukaitytė, Regina
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Church Life in Macedonia During World War II

, 2017
The article is devoted to the history of church life in Macedonia during the occupation from 1941 to 1944, which contributed to the initiation of the organization of the autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Shkarovsky, Mikhail Vitalyevich
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Dynamics and Growth Prospects of the Protestant Denominations in Ukraine

, 2020
The intensity and nature of changes in Protestant communities in Ukraine is analyzed on the basis of broad empirical material (statistics, sociological surveys).
Tytarenko, Vita, Vasilyeva, Irina
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The Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan: the identity and social position of a once-dominant minority [PDF]

, 2016
Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat to its continuity is not persecution nor ...
De Cordier, Bruno
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Chinese Translations of Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission's Writings [PDF]

Oriental Courier, 2020
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The influence of Chinese culture and images on the work of 19th-century Russian artists who were part of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing

Культура и искусство
The object of the study is the Russian fine art of the XIX century. The subject of the research is the history of the interaction of Russian artists with Chinese culture, history and art, their perception and interpretation, as well as the features of the artistic embodiment of images and motifs.
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The Comparative Analysis of Academic Missions Abroad of Teachers and Graduates of Russian Ecclesiastical Academies and Universities (1869-1917)

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви, 2012
The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of academic missions abroad of teachers and graduates of Russian ecclesiastical academies and universities. For the first time the author studies the role of scientific visits abroad in the development of Russian science of the XIX-th — the beginning of XX-th centuries.
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The Modernity of Khomiakov [PDF]

, 2004
In the case of Khomiakov and the other Russian religious philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, however, identifying the traditional element is a difficult task for a reason which becomes more obvious as one becomes better acquainted ...
Valliere, Paul
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