Transnational Religions: The Roman Catholic Church in Brazil & the Orthodox Church in Russia.

From: Sociology of Religion | Date: December 22, 2001| Author: Cava, Ralph Della | Copyright information

Ralph Della Cava (*)

This essay examines several current issues facing the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil and the Russian Orthodox Church in the post-Soviet, multi-ethnic republic that is today called the Russian Federation. To the extent possible, I shall treat both the issues and institutions comparatively, even if selectively and almost solely out of a concern for contemporary "transnational" religions, a subject I have explored since the mid-nineteen eighties and do...

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