An Introduction: Scapegoating the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Maintain the Cohesion of National Communities
This and the next issue of The Journal of CESNURpresent papers from the September 3, 2020 seminar “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Opponents: Russia, the West, and Beyond,” which should have been held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 3, 2020, but was moved online because...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
Anno: 2020, Volume: 4, Fascicolo: 6, Pagine: 3-10 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Russia
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/ Testimoni di Geova
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B Capro espiatorio / Teoria del capro espiatorio B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni AG Vita religiosa AZ Nuove religioni KBK Europa orientale ZC Politica generale |
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Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses
B Scapegoat Theory B Jehovah’s Witnesses B Spiritual Security in Russia B Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Riepilogo: | This and the next issue of The Journal of CESNURpresent papers from the September 3, 2020 seminar “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Opponents: Russia, the West, and Beyond,” which should have been held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 3, 2020, but was moved online because of the COVID-19 epidemic. Several papers focus on the reasons for the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Putin’s Russia. This introduction argues that René Girard’s theory of the scapegoat offers an additional explanation. In the present Russian context, the Jehovah’s Witnesses serve as the perfect scapegoat in Girardian sense. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.1 |
