Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe

THOMAS BREMER is Professor of Ecumenical Theology (Eastern Churches) and Peace Studies in the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Mnnster, Germany. Born in 1957, he studied Theology and Slavonic languages and has published on churches in former Yugoslavia, Russian Orthodoxy, ecumenical theology.

'This volume highlights religion at work through encounters of cultures and civilizations. It showcases religion's transnational nature and its incredible diversity observed in the new context of an integrating Europe. The shift from the conflict perspective to 'encounters of faiths' is refreshing and inspiring.' - Vjekoslav Perica, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Utah, USA

• Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks; T.Bremer Geography, Eschatology, and Religious Conversions in the Ninth Century; L.S.Chekin Ruthenian Lands and the Early Modern Multiple Borderlands in Europe: Ethnoconfessional Aspect; L.Berezhnaya Confessionalization in the Slavia Orthodoxa (Belorussia, Ukraine, Russia)?; A.Brüning Situational Religiosity; E.Emeliantseva The Chapel of the Polish Kings; R.E.Alvis Romanian Orthodox Theologians as Pioneers of the Ecumenical Dialogue between East and West; M.Sasaujan Peace through Reconciliation; D.Doellinger Religiosity in European Comparison: Theoretical and Empirical Ideas; G.Pickel Catholic Tradition and New Religious Movements; Z.Stimac The Concept of Canonical Territory in the Russian Orthodox Church; J.Oeldemann