LEADER 02926oam 2200553 c 450 001 9910971875803321 005 20260102090118.0 010 $a3-8382-7378-8 024 3 $a9783838273785 035 $a(CKB)4100000011791973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6502035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6502035 035 $a(OCoLC)1240580429 035 $a(ibidem)9783838273785 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011791973 100 $a20260102d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDefending the Faith $eThe Russian Orthodox Church and the Demise of Religious Pluralism /$fAndreas Umland, Lincoln E. Flake, Peter Martland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHannover$cibidem$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (283 pages) 225 0 $aSoviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society$v232 330 $aFreedom of religious expression and assembly has never been under greater threat in post-Soviet Russia. The infamous Yarovaya Law of 2016 has made good on previous legislative endeavors to curtail the activities of undesirable religious entities. Behind the curtain, the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church looms large over state policy and the decline in religious liberties and pluralism. Lincoln E. Flake explains the church?s hostility to nontraditional groups as a consequence of historical-structural factors arising from its Soviet experience and immediate-strategic factors arising from its experience in the post-Soviet religious free market.  It was not until the 2014 annexation of Crimea that church-state interests coincided to produce unprecedented collusion. The Church, which had previously only served symbolic purposes for domestic political advantage, was now required for more meaningful ?active measures? in Russia?s all-of-government approach to advancing its national security strategy. Reciprocation produced the Yarovaya Law and further quid pro quos account for the relapse into religious intolerance.  This study contextualizes the church?s present-day posture on religious pluralism by appealing both to historical experience and insights that Rational Choice Theory offers to the study of religious actors and religious behavior. 410 0$aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;$vVolume 232. 606 $aRussia 606 $aRussland 606 $aReligion 606 $aYarovaya 606 $aOrthodox 615 4$aRussia 615 4$aRussland 615 4$aReligion 615 4$aYarovaya 615 4$aOrthodox 676 $a201.5 702 $aUmland$b Andreas$4edt 702 $aFlake$b Lincoln E$4aut 702 $aMartland$b Peter$4aui 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971875803321 996 $aDefending the faith$92737987 997 $aUNINA