In Search of Centres

Kyivan Christianities in a delicate balance

Through the innovative methodological prism of polycentricity and plurality, this collective volume illuminates the rich religious past of Eastern-Central Europe by examining the multifaceted and dynamic relations between its Christianities, considered here as communities of interactions. Following the baptism of Rus’ at the end of the 10th century, religious life in the region tended to centre around Kyiv, while other centres with different significances and profiles developed concurrently. Polycentricity became even more pronounced with the advent of the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, and the Enlightenment. As a part of global Christianity, the Kyivan Christianities maintained vast connections and navigated a delicate balance between major poles such as Rome and Constantinople.

• Contributions by Myron Kapral
• Contributions by Anatole Upart
• Contributions by Maria Takala-Roszczenko
• Contributions by Vasyl Ulianovskyi
• Contributions by Kateryna Dysa
• Contributions by Nataliia Sinkevych
• Contributions by Oksana Romanova
• Contributions by Yurii Voloshyn
• Contributions by Iannis Carras
• Contributions by Alicja Nowak
• Contributions by Alexandr Osipian
• Contributions by Bruno Boute
• Contributions by Birgit Emich
• Contributions by Andreea Badea
• Edited by Ivan Almes
• Edited by Svitlana Potapenko
• Edited by Oksana Prokopyuk
• Edited by Vitalii Tkachuk
• Edited by Valerii Zema
• Series edited by Nadine Amsler
• Series edited by Andreea Badea
• Series edited by Birgit Emich
• Series edited by Markus Friedrich
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