Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II, Walesa, Gorbachev, and others enabled the fall
of the Soviet Union and damaged communism extensively. Putin, with Trump's
succor, has revitalized the "manifest destiny" belief of Russia and is anti-NATO.
Along with China, Russia is widely extending its influence, including in the Middle
East, now that America is withdrawing. An analysis of the history, religion, and
politics of the complex relationships between East and West regarding the rise
and fall and the coming again of the Soviet Union is pertinent. – Rev. Charles
Brock, M.Litt. and Lena Surzhko-Harned, Ph.D.
*Membership Appreciation Event. Members attend event for free. Non members attend for $10
Rev. Charles Brock, M.Litt. is director of the Brock Institute for Mega Issues Education at the Jefferson Educational Society. An Erie native, Rev. Brock is an emeritus fellow, chaplain, and director of Ministerial Education at Mansfield College, Oxford, UK, where he taught for 35 years. In addition to being a founding member of the Jefferson and serving as Secretary of the Jefferson Board of Trustees, Rev. Brock is acting minister of The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard.