Wolves in sheep's clothing : the Russian Orthodox Church's threat to European security and democracy / Miceál O'Hurley and Oksana Shadrina.
| Author/creator | O'Hurley, Miceál author. |
| Other author | Shadrina, Oksana, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Hannover, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, [2025] |
| Description | 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Physical medium | illustration |
| Physical medium | map |
| Contents | A Primer in Russian history : sorting fact from fiction -- Russians--Kyivan Rus' successors? Not all that glitters is gold : conflating Rus' & Russains is an error -- Meet the Muscovy : Russian's real relatives : neither Kyivan Rus' nor Byzantines and not always Christians -- Appropriation & extermination : inventing a great & noble past thrugh cultural and historical theft -- Russia appears : a brief history in four acts -- The Doctrine of Russian superiority and other myths told in Russian dachas -- The Holy Rus' : messianism, Russia, the Roc and the Russian people -- Moscow : the third Rome superiority of time and place -- Russkiy mir no pax Romana -- A most unholy trinity : the Roc, the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Russian state -- Tsar Peter I Aleksyevich abolishes the Moscow Patriarchate (1721) -- The Post Petrine ROC (1917-1926) : a brief attempt at reform and reinvigoration -- The ROC in modernity : an article of the state apparatus -- The Restoration of the Metropolis of Kyiv : righting a[n] historic wrong -- Patriarch in all but name : Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox faith -- Waging an unholy "Holy War" : absolution for rape, torture, summary execution, and attempted genocide -- Wolves in sheep's clothing : ROC clergy and their role in Russian state espionage -- While Europe sleeps : will Europe meet the demands of the age? -- Reflections : is renewal possible for the ROC -- Epilogue : Does history provide a way forward? |
| Abstract | "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing examines the Russian Orthodox Church's historic devolution from a church to a mere peddler of political power as a state intelligence instrument. Today's Russian Orthodox Church seeks to emerge as the most consequential syndicate of social influence across Europe in service to Vladimir Putin's quest for empire. The Moscow Patriarchate's breach of Orthodox unity over the reemergence of an autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch prioritizes Russian nationalism at the expense of traditional Christian values. The reasoning is neither ecclesial nor theological but a brazen attempt to prolong Russia's social suzerainty over its neighbors and impose a European submission to the Russkiy Mir. Patriarch Kirill's intention is to displace Constantinople as the centre of Orthodoxy and finally establish Moscow as the 'New Rome'. Moscow's geopolitical proposition is pregnant with peril. Moscow has the audacity to plead religious persecution by undermining their neighbors' right to control their Orthodox churches while simultaneously banning the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Russian occupied territories. An inescapable conclusion emerges from it all: The Russian Orthodox Church is a potent and pernicious threat to European cohesion, security, and democracy.' -- Publisher, page four of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304). |
| ISBN | 9783838220314 |
| ISBN | 3838220315 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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