Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: The Anti-Cult Context. The Role of Anti-Cult Myths About Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Increasing Persecution of This Denomination in the Russian Federation
Despite criticism it has received from mainline international scholars of new religious movements, anti-cultism is a dominant force in Russia. Its origins date back to the repression of groups labeled as sektyin the Russian Empire. In Soviet times, the State dealt directly with religious...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 6, Pages: 25-40 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Anti-cult movement
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Jehovah's Witnesses
/ Persecution
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Anti-Cult Movement in Russia
B Destructology B Anti-cultism B Jehovah’s Witnesses B Religious Liberty in Russia B Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia B Anti-cult Movement |
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