A Context-Grounded Approach to Religious Freedom: The Case of Orthodoxy in the Moldovan Republic

摘要: This paper explores the relationship between human rights and social analysis within main historical theoretical perspectives adopted by sciences. In particular, religious freedom will be analysed as one of central issues in recent engagement sciences with rights. After examining current narratives mainstream approaches towards right to freedom, this article then underline importance a epistemology which goes beyond normative legal perspective, bridging gap framework roles religion context. Within framework, represents construct, whose perception, definition implementation dynamically evolves according its influence, at different levels, lived dimension relations. The second part proposes context-grounded Republic Moldova. case study is characterised impressive growth Orthodoxy after demise Soviet Union complex contradictory political approach both standard concept. Emerging through local some preliminary ethnographical observations, investigated governmental instrument an embodied means dealing widespread socio-economic insecurity, creating tensions rootedness freedom. debate on related influence geopolitical borders, topic traditional identity form adaptation ineffectiveness new secular policies, orthodox institutions parishes having socio-political global scale.