Solidarity and Separation: Religious Spirit and the Euromaidan
By Irina Papkova. During protests in Ukraine, a show of solidarity belied the divided nature of the country’s...
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From Antelias to Bzoummar
Irina Papkova takes us on a tour of the religious centers that lie at the heart of Lebanon's Armenian...
Believing in Russia
Irina Papkova reviews Geraldine Fagan's "Believing in Russia - Religious Policy After Communism"
Secular Lebanon
From Beirut, Irina Papkova reports on an anti-sectarian movement for a more secular Lebanon, and a marriage that's...
Relationship Drama: Russia's Church-State Affairs
The Russian Orthodox Church is a privileged institution very much at the forefront of Russian life, with a well-developed...
Syria: Stronghold of Secularism? Part Two.
In the second of two posts, Irina Papkova, explores Bashar al-Assads assertion that Syria is the "last stronghold of...
Syria: Stronghold of Secularism?
Secularism has been a central part of dominant Syrian ideology since at least the 1960s, writes Irina Papkova, but...
Lebanon: War, Peace and Pluralism, Part 2
From Beirut, Irina Papkova describes in the second of two posts how former political opponents are maintaining Lebanon's fragile...
Lebanon: War, Peace and Pluralism
"The relationship between Lebanon and Syria is intricate and complicated, and the chaos in Syria presents serious challenges for...
Daily Links: A Call To Decency (Yawn)
Are Americans becoming more decent to one other? Are we "prepared to be called back to decency?" Are there...
Punk Protest, Bad Video Art, and "Religious Insult"
by Irina Papkova there's an eerie similarity between the reaction of some Orthodox believers to Pussy Riot and the...
Balancing Act: Sectarian Leaders in Lebanon
by Irina Papkova Last week marked twenty-two years since the signing of the Taif Accords put an end...
In the Shadows of Syria: Defusing Sectarian Tensions in Lebanon
by Irina Papkova For two weeks, Lebanon lived on the knife edge of a sectarian civil war. And here...
Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church's "Bet" on Putin
by Irina Papkova
The recent Russian elections have highlighted the complicated relationship between the Orthodox Church with both state...
Riot in the Cathedral
A review of The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics, by Irina Papkova.
Oxford University Press, 2011.
By Sean Guillory
In late February,...
The Russian Orthodox Church: Public Protest and Elite Politics
By Irina Papkova
The Russian Duma elections of December, 2011 contained many surprises, starting of course with the nature...