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

这项申请旨在对当今活跃在俄罗斯和乌克兰的俄罗斯东正教(ROC)中最著名的意识形态团体的现状和发展进行比较研究。该项目将考察两个对立的群体：持君主主义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完全规范独立的亲乌克兰团体。乌克兰东正教目前仍是中华民国的一部分。这项研究将探索这些群体的形成、动员和现状，以及他们在神学、思想和政治上的立场。我尤其希望了解这些团体在中华民国大学行政与教育机构中的角色。我还将分析这些团体在促进他们在政教关系体系中各自的神学和政治地位方面的成功程度。这项研究将包括对这些群体参与者的口头采访，以及对官方来源和社交网络发布的材料进行分析。我还将利用2015至2017年间我在乌克兰进行实地考察期间进行的采访。我亦会参考以下资料来源：1995-2015年间中华民国以往研究的个人电子资料库；不来梅大学东欧研究中心提供的有关东正教的期刊集；有关团体参与者在2000年代和2010年代出版的资料--主要是公共图书馆藏书所没有的教会刊物。我相信，这项研究将为俄罗斯和乌克兰之间不断发展的冲突提供一个重要的视角。它将使人们了解中华民国和澳门大学的神学和社会政治发展，不仅是在当前的冲突中，而且是在中期未来。此外，考察这些团体的意识形态立场，将有助于解释中华民国内部的相互竞争的愿望，一方面是希望融入世界基督教运动和普世东正教，另一方面是希望从这些过程中获得自治，并支持创建一个以反基督教原则为基础的东正教保守的“国际”。

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.