Tornike Metreveli
Biographic Data
| ID | 772238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tornike Metreveli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tornike |
| FAMILY NAME | Metreveli |
| SIGNATURE | METREVELI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9895-5080 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Geopolitical symphonia: Why the Moscow Patriarchate sanctified war in Ukraine but not Georgia
This article introduces geopolitical symphonia to explain the Moscow Patriarchate’s (MP) divergent responses to Russian military interventions in Georgia (2008) and Ukraine (2022). While both wars involved Orthodox-majority societies, the MP voiced pastoral restraint in Georgia but sacralised war in Ukraine. Drawing on systematic discourse analysis of ecclesiastical statements (2008–2024), the article identifies the mechanism underlying this vari…
(Re)Conceptualizing Covenantal Pluralism in Georgia: Interfaith Dynamics on Orthodox Terms
This article critically examines the dual role of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) as both a cultural guardian of national identity and a barrier to covenantal pluralism in Georgia. Drawing on legal-financial and comparative-historical analysis, it demonstrates how the GOC’s institutional dominance perpetuates systemic inequalities, including disproportionate state funding, inequitable property restitution, and legal privileges that often margi…
Karin Roginer Hofmeister: Remembering Suffering and Resistance. Memory Politics and the Serbian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Churches during the Pandemic in Ukraine and Georgia: Narratives and New Practices
While some religious institutions postponed their religious services during the pandemic, Orthodox Christian churches insisted on keeping their doors open. Why did churches challenge social distancing policies, and how did they succeed in defying state authority at any cost? We address this puzzle drawing on an analysis of official statements, media, in-depth interviews, and surveys in Georgia and Ukraine conducted in 2020 and 2021. Our data sugg…
Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
This book examines the social and political mobilisation of religious communities towards forced displacement in relation to tolerance and transitory environments. How do religious actors and state bodies engage with refugees and migrants? What are the mechanisms of religious support towards forcibly displaced communities? Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia argues that when states do not act as prov…
Spiritual geopolitics of Georgia's territorial integrity
Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition: Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia
This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal, and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist politics depended on whether the interests of the church …
Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World
The Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) organisation has 15 departments, which focus on a wide range of areas from missionary work to finance, economy, real estate, ecology and military. This chapter focuses on historical and political contexts that shaped the GOC as an organisation over time. The GOC’s organisation is headed by Patriarch Ilia, while the administrative–operational part is conducted by the office of Patriarchate. The GOC operates betwe…
Rhyming the National Spirit: A Comparative Inquiry into the Works and Activities of Taras Shevchenko and Ilia Chavchavadze
The article is a comparative inquiry into the roles of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907) and Taras Shevchenko (1818–1861) as national poets and anti-tsarist intellectuals within the context of their respective national traditions (in Georgia and Ukraine). During the period of their activity (19th and the beginning of 20th century), both Ukraine and Georgia were under tsarist imperial rule (albeit the two poets lived in different periods of Russian im…
An undisclosed story of roses: Church, state, and nation in contemporary Georgia
Since the Rose Revolution (2003), Georgia has encountered an unprecedented scale of institutional reforms concomitant with the rise of American and European involvement in the “democratization” process. Various scholars have suggested that Georgian nationalism developed from an ethno-cultural basis to a more civic/liberal orientation after the Rose Revolution. This paper analyzes Georgian nationalism under President Mikheil Saakashvili to demonst…
Nationalism
What is nationalism? When did it originate and how did it develop throughout the centuries? What types of nationalism have evolved in different sociopolitical settings and why? By addressing these questions, this entry seeks to address the key issues of the conceptualization of nationalism, followed by an analysis of its development in different structural, cultural, and political contexts. The entry reflects on the writings of the most prominent…
An undisclosed story of roses: Church, state, and nation in contemporary Georgia
Since the Rose Revolution (2003), Georgia has encountered an unprecedented scale of institutional reforms concomitant with the rise of American and European involvement in the “democratization” process. Various scholars have suggested that Georgian nationalism developed from an ethno-cultural basis to a more civic/liberal orientation after the Rose Revolution. This paper analyzes Georgian nationalism under President Mikheil Saakashvili to demonst…
Spiritual geopolitics of Georgia's territorial integrity
Rhyming the National Spirit: A Comparative Inquiry into the Works and Activities of Taras Shevchenko and Ilia Chavchavadze
The article is a comparative inquiry into the roles of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907) and Taras Shevchenko (1818–1861) as national poets and anti-tsarist intellectuals within the context of their respective national traditions (in Georgia and Ukraine). During the period of their activity (19th and the beginning of 20th century), both Ukraine and Georgia were under tsarist imperial rule (albeit the two poets lived in different periods of Russian im…
Nationalism
What is nationalism? When did it originate and how did it develop throughout the centuries? What types of nationalism have evolved in different sociopolitical settings and why? By addressing these questions, this entry seeks to address the key issues of the conceptualization of nationalism, followed by an analysis of its development in different structural, cultural, and political contexts. The entry reflects on the writings of the most prominent…
An undisclosed story of roses: Church, state, and nation in contemporary Georgia
Since the Rose Revolution (2003), Georgia has encountered an unprecedented scale of institutional reforms concomitant with the rise of American and European involvement in the “democratization” process. Various scholars have suggested that Georgian nationalism developed from an ethno-cultural basis to a more civic/liberal orientation after the Rose Revolution. This paper analyzes Georgian nationalism under President Mikheil Saakashvili to demonst…
Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World
The Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) organisation has 15 departments, which focus on a wide range of areas from missionary work to finance, economy, real estate, ecology and military. This chapter focuses on historical and political contexts that shaped the GOC as an organisation over time. The GOC’s organisation is headed by Patriarch Ilia, while the administrative–operational part is conducted by the office of Patriarchate. The GOC operates betwe…
Rhyming the National Spirit: A Comparative Inquiry into the Works and Activities of Taras Shevchenko and Ilia Chavchavadze
The article is a comparative inquiry into the roles of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907) and Taras Shevchenko (1818–1861) as national poets and anti-tsarist intellectuals within the context of their respective national traditions (in Georgia and Ukraine). During the period of their activity (19th and the beginning of 20th century), both Ukraine and Georgia were under tsarist imperial rule (albeit the two poets lived in different periods of Russian im…
Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition: Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia
This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal, and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist politics depended on whether the interests of the church …
Spiritual geopolitics of Georgia's territorial integrity
Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
This book examines the social and political mobilisation of religious communities towards forced displacement in relation to tolerance and transitory environments. How do religious actors and state bodies engage with refugees and migrants? What are the mechanisms of religious support towards forcibly displaced communities? Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia argues that when states do not act as prov…
Orthodox Churches during the Pandemic in Ukraine and Georgia: Narratives and New Practices
While some religious institutions postponed their religious services during the pandemic, Orthodox Christian churches insisted on keeping their doors open. Why did churches challenge social distancing policies, and how did they succeed in defying state authority at any cost? We address this puzzle drawing on an analysis of official statements, media, in-depth interviews, and surveys in Georgia and Ukraine conducted in 2020 and 2021. Our data sugg…
Karin Roginer Hofmeister: Remembering Suffering and Resistance. Memory Politics and the Serbian Orthodox Church
(Re)Conceptualizing Covenantal Pluralism in Georgia: Interfaith Dynamics on Orthodox Terms
This article critically examines the dual role of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) as both a cultural guardian of national identity and a barrier to covenantal pluralism in Georgia. Drawing on legal-financial and comparative-historical analysis, it demonstrates how the GOC’s institutional dominance perpetuates systemic inequalities, including disproportionate state funding, inequitable property restitution, and legal privileges that often margi…
Geopolitical symphonia: Why the Moscow Patriarchate sanctified war in Ukraine but not Georgia
This article introduces geopolitical symphonia to explain the Moscow Patriarchate’s (MP) divergent responses to Russian military interventions in Georgia (2008) and Ukraine (2022). While both wars involved Orthodox-majority societies, the MP voiced pastoral restraint in Georgia but sacralised war in Ukraine. Drawing on systematic discourse analysis of ecclesiastical statements (2008–2024), the article identifies the mechanism underlying this vari…
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Nationalism (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Georgian (3 works)