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Author Fagan, Geraldine, author.

Title Believing in Russia : religious policy after communism / Geraldine Fagan
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series ; 41
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 41.
Contents Russia's religious freedom tradition -- "Native land protected by God" -- Rites of spring -- Law unto itself -- Fight thine enemy -- In search of tradition -- Extreme measures -- Alternative scenarios
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Religion and state -- Russia (Federation)
Freedom of religion -- Russia (Federation)
Religion and politics -- Russia (Federation)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Freedom of religion
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Religion och samhälle.
Religionsfrihet.
Religionspolitik.
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012014058
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