This blog was originally published as a part of ‘Dossier Corona’, introduced by Religious Matters Project at Utrecht University in the spring of 2020. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in Christian Orthodox churches across Eastern Europe and several post-Soviet countries, the age-old altercation between religion and science is condensing around a small material object – the communion spoon. This shared utensil, used to deliver sacramental bread and wine to the parish, is now brandished by liberal secularists as the ultimate insignia …
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