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Konstantin Petrenko

Konstantin Petrenko is a doctoral student in Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University. His research interests include the interaction of religion and politics in the modern world, church-state relations in Russia and Eastern Europe, and the sociology of religion.    

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Religion Dispatches
Religious values shift with every era, often limiting moral discourse to only one religious tradition; and new research shows that the secular Swedes are happier than the rest of us. Isn’t it time to try to imagine a purely secular ethics?
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Religion Dispatches
In the new Russia, where Putin attends Easter services in the capital’s main cathedral, it seems the era of religious repression is over—except if you are a Protestant.
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Religion Dispatches
We should not overlook the New Atheists’ support for science, progressive views and legitimization of non-belief as a viable alternative. Unfortunately, their record is also marked by an intolerance of religious people and the alienation of potential progressive allies.
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