Pål Kolstø, Professor Emeritus of Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Oslo, specializes in ethnic relations, nationalism and religion in Russia and other former Soviet republics. He is the author or editor of ten English-language books on these topics.

Fascinating, valuable, and empirically rich...

• Introduction1. Biopolitics in Theory and in Russian Orthodox Practice2. Confessions and Confessors as Instruments of Moral Guidance3. Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation4. Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Question of Female Impurity5. The Vexed Question of Sex6. Protecting the Family against "Juvenile Justice"7. Male Violence Against Women8. Banning Abortion in Russia: The Battle the ROC is Losing9. Family size, Family Planning and Contraceptives10. The Battle Against LGBT11. Combatting Sex Education in Russian Schools12. The Impact of ROC Moral Teachings in Russian Society13. Community: The Family Ethics of ROC in PerspectiveRegimenting Sex and Family Life in Russia

Pål Kolstø, Professor Emeritus of Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Oslo, specializes in ethnic relations, nationalism and religion in Russia and other former Soviet republics. He is the author or editor of ten English-language books on these topics.

Fascinating, valuable, and empirically rich...

• Introduction1. Biopolitics in Theory and in Russian Orthodox Practice2. Confessions and Confessors as Instruments of Moral Guidance3. Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation4. Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Question of Female Impurity5. The Vexed Question of Sex6. Protecting the Family against "Juvenile Justice"7. Male Violence Against Women8. Banning Abortion in Russia: The Battle the ROC is Losing9. Family size, Family Planning and Contraceptives10. The Battle Against LGBT11. Combatting Sex Education in Russian Schools12. The Impact of ROC Moral Teachings in Russian Society13. Community: The Family Ethics of ROC in PerspectiveRegimenting Sex and Family Life in Russia

Pål Kolstø, Professor Emeritus of Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the University of Oslo, specializes in ethnic relations, nationalism and religion in Russia and other former Soviet republics. He is the author or editor of ten English-language books on these topics.

Fascinating, valuable, and empirically rich...

• Introduction1. Biopolitics in Theory and in Russian Orthodox Practice2. Confessions and Confessors as Instruments of Moral Guidance3. Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation4. Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Question of Female Impurity5. The Vexed Question of Sex6. Protecting the Family against "Juvenile Justice"7. Male Violence Against Women8. Banning Abortion in Russia: The Battle the ROC is Losing9. Family size, Family Planning and Contraceptives10. The Battle Against LGBT11. Combatting Sex Education in Russian Schools12. The Impact of ROC Moral Teachings in Russian Society13. Community: The Family Ethics of ROC in PerspectiveRegimenting Sex and Family Life in Russia