Ideological Groups within the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia and Ukraine after 2012: A Comparative Study of their Influence on the Institutions of Church Governance and its Relationship with the State

2012年后俄罗斯和乌克兰东正教内部意识形态群体：对教会治理制度及其与国家关系影响的比较研究

• 批准号: 403035385
• 负责人: Dr. Nikolay Mitrokhin, Ph.D.
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/403035385?language=en
• 关键词: Ideological; Groups; within; Russian; Orthodox

This application proposes a comparative study of the current state and development of the most prominent ideological groups in the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) active in Russia and Ukraine today. The project will examine two opposing groups: Russian nationalists with monarchical and neo-imperialist views, and pro-Ukrainian groups who support granting full canonical independence, known as autocephaly, to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which currently remains part of the ROC. This research will explore the formation, mobilization, and current status of these groups, as well as their theological, ideological, and political positions. In particular, I hope to understand the role of these groups in the ROC and UOC administrative and educational apparatus. I will also analyze the extent of these groups’ success in promoting their respective theological and political positions in the system of relations between church and state. This research will consist of oral interviews with participants of these groups, and analysis of published materials from both official sources and social networks. I will also make use of interviews conducted during my previous fieldwork in Ukraine between 2015 and 2017. I will also draw on the following sources: a personal electronic database of previous studies of the ROC between 1995-2015; a collection of periodicals on the Orthodox Church, available at the University of Bremen’s Research Centre for East European Studies; materials published by participants of the groups in question in the 2000s and 2010s—mainly in church publications otherwise unavailable in public library collections. I believe this research study will provide an important perspective on the developing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It will inform understandings of the theological and socio-political development of the ROC and the UOC, not only in this current conflict, but also in the medium-term future. Moreover, an examination of these groups’ ideological positions will help explain competing desires within the ROC, on one hand, for integration with the world ecumenical movement and universal Orthodoxy, and on the other, for autonomy from these processes, and support for the creation of an Orthodox conservative "International" based on anti-ecumenical principles.

本申请提出了一个比较研究的现状和发展的最突出的意识形态团体在俄罗斯东正教会（中华民国）活跃在俄罗斯和乌克兰今天。该项目将研究两个对立的团体：具有君主制和新帝国主义观点的俄罗斯民族主义者，以及支持给予乌克兰东正教会（UOC）完全的教会独立性（称为自治）的亲乌克兰团体，该教会目前仍是中华民国的一部分。本研究将探讨这些团体的形成，动员和现状，以及他们的神学，意识形态和政治立场。特别是希望了解这些团体在中华民国和UOC行政和教育机构中的作用。我也将分析这些团体在教会与国家关系的系统中，在促进各自的神学和政治立场方面的成功程度。这项研究将包括对这些团体的参与者进行口头采访，并分析来自官方来源和社交网络的出版材料。我还将利用2015年至2017年在乌克兰进行实地考察期间进行的采访。我也将利用以下资料：1995-2015年中华民国研究的个人电子数据库;不莱梅大学东欧研究中心的东正教期刊集; 2000年代和2010年代有关团体参与者发表的材料-主要是在教会出版物中，否则在公共图书馆收藏中无法获得。我相信这项研究将为俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的冲突提供一个重要的视角。它将告知中华民国和UOC的神学和社会政治发展的理解，不仅在当前的冲突中，而且在中期的未来。此外，检视这些团体的意识形态立场，将有助于解释中华民国内部的竞争欲望，一方面是与世界普世教会运动和普世东正教融合，另一方面是从这些过程中获得自治，并支持建立一个基于反普世教会原则的东正教保守派“国际”。