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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsWomen in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword | vii
Kristin Aune
Introduction | 1
Ina Merdjanova
Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the Twenty-First Century: Charting Elements of Change | 15
Eleni Sotiriou
Women, Orthodox Christianity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria | 50
Ina Merdjanova
Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Christianity in Russia | 76
Detelina Tocheva
Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church | 101
Ketevan Gurchiani
Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Underground
Movement in Soviet Moldavia | 129
James Kapaló
Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change | 155
Maria Bucur
Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church | 176
Milica Bakic-Hayden
Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland | 206
Helena Kupari and Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir
Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics:
Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in US-based Digital Spaces | 241
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
Acknowledgments | 275
List of Contributors | 277
Index | 281