The Social Construction of “Extremism” in Russia: From the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Scientology and Beyond
After the 2017 “liquidation” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Russia moved to liquidate other new religious movements, including the Church of Scientology. While international criticism often focused on the Russian anti-proselytization laws of 2016, it was in fact the anti-extremism law of 200...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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[2018]
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The journal of CESNUR
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 2, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 93-100 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Alexander Dvorkin
B Anti-Cult Movement in Russia B Σαηεντολογία B Anti-Extremism Laws in Russia B Religious Liberty in Russia B Scientology in Russia |
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| Σύνοψη: | After the 2017 “liquidation” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Russia moved to liquidate other new religious movements, including the Church of Scientology. While international criticism often focused on the Russian anti-proselytization laws of 2016, it was in fact the anti-extremism law of 2002, as amended in 2006, that became the main tool for “liquidating” unpopular minorities. In the Russian context, the local anti-cult movement led by Alexander Dvorkin and by radical sectors of the Orthodox Church, accredited itself as the custodian of the nationalist doctrine of “spiritual security,” aimed at shielding Russian from “foreign” spiritual and cultural influences |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Αναφορά: | Kommentar in "What Is Really Happening in Russia? (2018)"
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| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.2.5 |
