Lucian N. Leustean is a Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. His publications include, as editor, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (with Grace Davie, 2021), Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century (2014) and Representing Religion in the European Union: Does God Matter? (2012).

• Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Religious Failure, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement in the Eastern Christian World Chapter 2: Russia’s Orthodox Exceptionalism, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement Chapter 3: Autocephaly, War, Humanitarian Structures, and Forced Displacement in Ukraine Chapter 4: Orthodoxy, Humanitarian Entrepreneurship, and the Refugee Crisis in Serbia Chapter 5: Orthodox Conservatism and the Refugee Crisis in Bulgaria and Moldova Chapter 6: Religious Mobilization, Ethnic Identity, and Forced Displacement in Georgia and Armenia Conclusion: Is Eastern Christianity a Failed Religion? References Index

Lucian N. Leustean is a Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. His publications include, as editor, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (with Grace Davie, 2021), Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century (2014) and Representing Religion in the European Union: Does God Matter? (2012).

• Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Religious Failure, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement in the Eastern Christian World Chapter 2: Russia’s Orthodox Exceptionalism, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement Chapter 3: Autocephaly, War, Humanitarian Structures, and Forced Displacement in Ukraine Chapter 4: Orthodoxy, Humanitarian Entrepreneurship, and the Refugee Crisis in Serbia Chapter 5: Orthodox Conservatism and the Refugee Crisis in Bulgaria and Moldova Chapter 6: Religious Mobilization, Ethnic Identity, and Forced Displacement in Georgia and Armenia Conclusion: Is Eastern Christianity a Failed Religion? References Index

Lucian N. Leustean is a Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. His publications include, as editor, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (with Grace Davie, 2021), Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century (2014) and Representing Religion in the European Union: Does God Matter? (2012).

• Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Religious Failure, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement in the Eastern Christian World Chapter 2: Russia’s Orthodox Exceptionalism, Geopolitics, and Forced Displacement Chapter 3: Autocephaly, War, Humanitarian Structures, and Forced Displacement in Ukraine Chapter 4: Orthodoxy, Humanitarian Entrepreneurship, and the Refugee Crisis in Serbia Chapter 5: Orthodox Conservatism and the Refugee Crisis in Bulgaria and Moldova Chapter 6: Religious Mobilization, Ethnic Identity, and Forced Displacement in Georgia and Armenia Conclusion: Is Eastern Christianity a Failed Religion? References Index