Articles by John P. Burgess

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Church, state and punk

The Pussy Riot protest

Sep 17, 2012 by John P. Burgess

Pussy Riot became a cause célèbre for the Russian opposition and its Western supporters. Many Russian Orthodox believers saw things differently. 

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Orthodox resurgence

Civil religion in Russia
Jun 16, 2009 by John P. Burgess
Immediately after his inauguration as president of the Russian Federation in May 2008, Dmitry Medvedev proceeded to a Kremlin church, where Patriarch Aleksy II blessed him and gave him an icon of the Vladimir Mother of God, to which Russians over the centuries have turned for national protection.
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Orthodox resurgence

Civil religion in Russia
Jun 16, 2009 by John P. Burgess
Immediately after his inauguration as president of the Russian Federation in May 2008, Dmitry Medvedev proceeded to a Kremlin church, where Patriarch Aleksy II blessed him and gave him an icon of the Vladimir Mother of God, to which Russians over the centuries have turned for national protection.
Books

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

Elaine Pagels

Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew

Bart D. Ehrman

Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament

Bart D. Ehrman

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle

Karen L. King

Going creedless

Jun 01, 2004 reviewed by John P. Burgess
Elaine Pagels begins Beyond Belief by recounting how, on a chilly
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Acting out

May 22, 2002 by John P. Burgess

Americans remain deeply attached to religion. The days of the “secular city” (Harvey Cox) have been left behind for “the spiritual marketplace” (Wade Clark Roof).

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Standing his ground

May 09, 2001 by John P. Burgess

Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith by John L. Allen Jr.

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Corruption of words

Feb 07, 2001 by John P. Burgess

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, by Victor Klemperer

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Basic questions

Mar 24, 1999 by John P. Burgess

Edited by Ronald F. Thiemann and William C. Placher. Why Are We Here? (Trinity, 166 pp.)