A repetitive one, even for a thesis. Easily forgets the conceptual framework laid in the beginning (modernity, secularist Church), turning to a plain sociological study—which has a nice line of thinking, but could be more exhaustive. For some reason, not remotely interested in the origins of Kirill’s politics, leaving blank space right in front of his “civilizing” text for Nezavisimaya in February, 2000. Takes a plunge in the Epilogue to predict what’s coming (since the invasion greatly changed the whole landscape authors had studied), which feels kinda desperate.