Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic
In this article, using the example of the Russian Arctic, we analyze how the anti-cult movement creates the conditions for the discrimination and suppression of religious minorities. The anti-cultist (anti-sectarian) fears and phobias of the Russian establishment are closely bound to the fears of mi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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In: |
Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 8 |
Further subjects: | B
missionary activities
B Russian Arctic B Indigenous People B Religious Freedom B legal regulation of religions B anti-cult movement B Russia |
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Summary: | In this article, using the example of the Russian Arctic, we analyze how the anti-cult movement creates the conditions for the discrimination and suppression of religious minorities. The anti-cultist (anti-sectarian) fears and phobias of the Russian establishment are closely bound to the fears of missionary activity. The change in legislation regulating missionary activity deliberately limits the activities of those religious communities, which, at the suggestion of the anti-cultists, are labeled in Russian society as “sectarian” and/or “foreign”. |
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ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel14081062 |