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The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part IV: Rebuilding Russia

December 20, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part III: The Role of Religious Dissidents

December 15, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR.  On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part II: The Loss of Moral Legitimacy

December 8, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part I: The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Collapse

December 1, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

Russia’s Binary Character

November 23, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

In the introduction to his new survey of Russian history, Professor Geoffrey Hosking describes the geopolitics and the ecology of…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Culture and Values

Russia and the Pattern of Revolutionary Change

November 16, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

The level of frustration that many in the West have regarding Russia’s post-Communist transformation is unreasonably high, and this frustration…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Pre-1991 History

Russian Literary Treasure: The Legend of the Three Hermits

November 9, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

An old legend from the Volga District tells of a Bishop who was traveling from Archangel to the Solovetsk Monastery.…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Literature

Russia’s DNA: Unsettled Identity

November 2, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the sixth and final in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA:…

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Russia’s DNA: “Deep-Seated Spirituality”

October 21, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the fifth in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of…

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Russia’s DNA: “Giantism”

October 19, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the fourth in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of Invasion’…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Culture and Values

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Reflections on Russia

  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Literature

Reflections on Shalom

  • Old Testament Foundations
  • Jesus’ Palestinian Context
  • Jesus’ Birth & Youth
  • Jesus in Action
  • Jesus’ Teachings
  • Palm Sunday – Golgatha
  • Resurrection – Pentecost
  • Apostles’ Teachings on Shalom
  • Conclusion
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