1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131259003321

Titolo

Journal of economic development, environment and people

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bucharest, Romania : , : Editura Fundatiei România de Mâine, , 2012-

ISSN

2285-3642

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

300

330

Soggetti

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Economic development - Social aspects

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971875803321

Titolo

Defending the Faith : The Russian Orthodox Church and the Demise of Religious Pluralism / / Andreas Umland, Lincoln E. Flake, Peter Martland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hannover, : ibidem, 2021

ISBN

3-8382-7378-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages)

Collana

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; 232

Disciplina

201.5

Soggetti

Russia

Russland

Religion

Yarovaya

Orthodox

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Freedom of religious expression and assembly has never been under greater threat in post-Soviet Russia. The infamous Yarovaya Law of 2016 has made good on previous legislative endeavors to curtail the activities of undesirable religious entities. Behind the curtain, the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church looms large over state policy and the decline in religious liberties and pluralism. Lincoln E. Flake explains the church’s hostility to nontraditional groups as a consequence of historical-structural factors arising from its Soviet experience and immediate-strategic factors arising from its experience in the post-Soviet religious free market.  It was not until the 2014 annexation of Crimea that church-state interests coincided to produce unprecedented collusion. The Church, which had previously only served symbolic purposes for domestic political advantage, was now required for more meaningful ‘active measures’ in Russia’s all-of-government approach to advancing its national security strategy. Reciprocation produced the Yarovaya Law and further quid pro quos account for the relapse into religious intolerance.  This study contextualizes the church’s present-day posture on religious pluralism by appealing both



to historical experience and insights that Rational Choice Theory offers to the study of religious actors and religious behavior.