Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Auteur : Fagan Geraldine
This book presents a comprehensive overview of religious policy in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life. It reveals how religious freedom in Russia has, contrary to the widely held view, a long tradition, and how the leading religious institutions in Russia today, including especially the Russian Orthodox Church but also Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist establishments, owe a great deal of their special positions to the relationship they had with the former Soviet regime. It examines the resurgence of religious freedom in the years immediately after the end of the Soviet Union, showing how this was subsequently curtailed, but only partially, by the important law of 1997. It discusses the pursuit of privilege for the Russian Orthodox Church and other ?traditional? beliefs under presidents Putin and Medvedev, and assesses how far Russian Orthodox Christianity is related to Russian national culture, demonstrating the unresolved nature of the key question, ?Is Russia to be an Orthodox country with religious minorities or a multi-confessional state?? It concludes that Russian society?s continuing failure to reach a consensus on the role of religion in public life is destabilising the nation.
Introduction 1. Russia’s Religious Freedom Tradition 2. ‘Native Land Protected by God’ 3. Rites of Spring 4. Law Unto Itself 5. Fight Thine Enemy 6. In Search of Tradition 7. Extreme Measures 8. Alternative Scenarios Conclusion
Geraldine Fagan is Moscow correspondent for Forum 18 News Service, and has monitored religious policy across Russia for the past decade.
Date de parution : 05-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 10-2012
15.6x23.4 cm
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moscow; patriarchate; russian; orthodox; church; totalitarian; sects; affairs; official; Moscow Patriarchate; jehovah's; Russian Orthodox Church; Religious Affairs Official; Mari El; FSB Officer; Totalitarian Sect; Tibetan Buddhism; Hare Krishna Devotees; Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin; Foreign Religious Workers; Canonical Territory; Centralized Religious Organization; Hizb Ut Tahrir; Telephone Law; Russian Federation; Spiritual Security; Foreign Religious Organizations; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Metropolitan Kirill; Round Windows; Orthodox Culture; Traditional Religious Organizations; Federal List; North Caucasus; Lunatic Fringe