Abstract
This chapter examines Russia, a postcommunist country with a dominant Orthodox religious society. Building on Jeffrey Haynes and Anja Henning’s useful theoretical framework, the chapter explores the role of faith-based organizations in social welfare in the contemporary Russian Federation around five main topics: the historical path of church–state relations; the objectives of religious actors’ public agency; the Russian Orthodox Church’s means and strategies in the public square; the effects of church–state cooperation; and public perceptions of religion. The authors focus on the civil and political roles of the Russian Orthodox Church after it reemerged after the communist era, including the revival of its charity traditions and the current church–state symphonia, and ask whether these activities strengthen or weaken postcommunist Russian civil society.
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