Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Encounters of Faiths Book

1 Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks Thomas Bremer Bremer, Thomas 1

2 Geography, Eschatology, and Religious Conversions in the Ninth Century Leonid S. Chekin Chekin, Leonid S. 16

3 Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe: Ethno-confessional Aspect Liliya Berezhnava Berezhnava, Liliya 40

4 Confessionalization in the Slavia Orthodoxa (Belorussia, Ukraine, Russia)? - Potential and Limits of a Western Historiographical Concept Alfons Bruning Bruning, Alfons 66

5 Situational Religiosity: Everyday Strategies of the Moscow Christ-Faith Believers and of the St Petersburg Mystics Attracted by This Faith in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Ekaterina Emeliantseva Emeliantseva, Ekaterina 98

6 The Chapel of the Polish Kings: History, Religion, and the Borders of an Imagined Nation Robert E. Alvis Alvis, Robert E. 121

7 Romanian Orthodox Theologians as Pioneers of the Ecumenical Dialogue Between East and West: The Relevance and Topicality of Their Position in Uniting Europe Mihai Sasaujan Sasaujan, Mihai 146

8 Peace Through Reconciliation: Aktion Suhnezeichen and the Lutheran Church in the GDR David Doellinger Doellinger, David 166

9 Religiosity in European Comparison - Theoretical and Empirical Ideas Gert Pickel Pickel, Gert 182

10 Catholic Tradition and New Religious Movements: What Is New in the Present Religious Landscape in Croatia? Zrinka Stimac Stimac, Zrinka 215

11 The Concept of Canonical Territory in the Russian Orthodox Church Johannes Oeldemann Oeldemann, Johannes 229

Index 237