[aaus-list] CIUS Press: Books on Religion in Ukraine

Tue Jul 28 17:13:05 EDT 2009

New from CIUS PRESS
1. Reissuing of Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine.
2. Special 40% Discount Offer on a Classic Study of the Ukrainian 
Catholic Church.

1. REISSUED:
Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn
RELIGION AND NATION IN MODERN UKRAINE
$29.95 (paper); $39.95 (cloth)
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/publications/books/religionnation.htm

Since Ukrainian independence, the religious situation and religious 
relations in Ukraine have been the focus of international attention. 
The rebirth of Churches and religious institutions has been 
accompanied by vigorous competition for the loyalty of Ukraine's 
believers. The visit of Pope John Paul II to Ukraine and current 
visit of the newly elected Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill, testify to 
the centrality of Ukraine both in the Catholic and Orthodox worlds. 
Ecclesiastical affairs, above all the allegiance of Orthodox 
believers, have greatly influenced the processes of state-building 
and nation-building in Ukraine.

CIUS Press has published a number of monographs and collections of 
essays on problems of religious history by authors and editors such 
as Ihor Sevcenko, Yaroslav Isaievych, Geoffrey Hosking, Andrij 
Krawczuk, Paul R. Magocsi, Bohdan Bociurkiw, and David Goa. To those 
interested in the current religious situation in Ukraine, the volume 
of essays by Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn, entitled Religion and 
Nation in Modern Ukraine, has been especially welcome. The over 15 
reviews of the volume have praised this edition as a greatly needed 
authoritative work on modern religious affairs in Ukraine.

  The internationally renowned specialist on religious affairs Michael 
Bourdeaux  evaluated the volume in the Slavic Review, in the 
following manner: "Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine 
has been called the 'sleeping giant' of Europe-one of the continent's 
most populous nations, but one that has so far had minimal impact on 
international affairs. Far too little is being published, whether in 
the realm of scholarly studies or in the press, about this vast new 
independent country. Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine is, 
therefore, not only a welcome addition to the literature, but an 
excellent  book in its own right. As scholars conversant with Ukraine 
will know, the names of Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn guarantee 
the quality of the work. Each has a profound insight into the complex 
issues facing the country today."
(See the full text of Michael Bourdeaux's review at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/excerpts/religionnation/reviews/ReligionSR.pdf)

The specialist on religious groups in contemporary Ukraine, above all 
the Protestants, Catherine Wanner, characterized the topic and volume 
thusly: "It was not until the late 1980s that many scholars from a 
plethora of disciplines were forced to concede that they had 
underestimated the importance of nationality issues, and especially 
of religion, as forces shaping Soviet history. Few scholars engaged 
the dynamic interaction of nationality and religion as they played 
out historically in politics and the daily life of Soviet citizens. 
The two authors of this book went against this trend and have over 
the years amassed a distinguished record of scholarship in the fields 
of Ukrainian history and of religious life over the centuries in this 
strategically important borderland." (See the full text of Catherine 
Wanner's review in the Canadian Slavonic Papers at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/excerpts/religionnation/ReligionCSP.pdf)

Read other reviews of this book at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/publications/books/religionnation.htm

CIUS press has decided to respond to the ongoing demand for this book 
by scholars and a wider public interested in religious affairs in 
Ukraine and the Eastern Christian world by reissuing the volume. It 
can be ordered at:
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/publications/books/religionnation.htm

2. SPECIAL 40% OFF SALES OFFER OF BOHDAN BOCIURKIW'S CLASSIC WORK ON 
THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Take advantage of a limited-time opportunity to purchase Bohdan R. 
Bociurkiw's authoritative study of the dissolution of the Ukrainian 
Catholic Church in Ukraine by the Soviet authorities:

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet State (1939-1950)
Hardcover edition, xvi, 310 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, 12 pp. 
of photographs
$23.97 (reg. $39.95)

See 20 reviews and order the book at:
http://tinyurl.com/mcd5e3

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