Introduction- Zachary T. Irwin Patriarch Kirill: Arenas of Leadership and Challenges of the 21st Century Russian Orthodox Church- Jerry G. Pankhurst and Alar Kilp Patriarch Filaret and the Orthodox Church in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine - Kathryn David Radio Maryja and Fr. Rydzyk as a Creator of the National-Catholic Ideology- Ireneusz Krzeminski Religious Issues and Church-State Relations in Eastern Germany - Robert F. Goeckel The Priest and the Bishops: Monsignor Tomás Halík and the Struggle for the Soul of the Czech Roman Catholic Church - Frank Cibulka One God, One Episcopate, One Nation: The Making of the Public Identity of Catholic Hierarchy in Post-Socialist Slovakia - Agáta Sustová-Drelová A Church on the Margins: Reverend Gábor Iványi and the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship-Christopher P. Adam Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa, the Forgotten Anticommunist Dissident - Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu Global and Local in the Response of Orthodox Churches to the First Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Special Focus on the Case of Bulgaria -Daniela Kalkandjieva In Defense of Darwin: Is there a Liberal Wing within the Serbian Orthodox Church?- Milan Vukomanovic Catholic Church in Croatia: Legal Framework and Social Frictions- Sinisa Zrinscak and Frane Stanicic The Slovene Roman Catholic Church Yesterday and Today -Joze Pirjevec The Curious Case of the Macedonian Church: A Survey of the Past and Present -Zachary T. Irwin The Derailed Christian Mission: Neoliberal Globalization Claims another Victory in Post-Communist Albania -Isa Blumi Reflections on the Role and Functions of Religion in Eastern Europe and Elsewhere- Sabrina P. Ramet How Does She Know All of This? Sabrina Ramet's Contribution to the Field of Slavic Studies and Beyond - Aleksander Zdravkovski The Conclusion- Frank Cibulka List of Sabrina Ramet's Publications Contributors Index.