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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-832d985a42174d13802d1532abe898422023-11-19T02:51:44ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-08-01148106210.3390/rel14081062Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian ArcticNadezhda Beliakova0Vera Kliueva1Department of History, Philosophy and Theology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, GermanyTyumen Scientific Center, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chervishevskiy Trakt, 13, 625008 Tyumen, RussiaIn 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”.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1062anti-cult movementRussiareligious freedomlegal regulation of religionsmissionary activitiesindigenous people |
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| title | Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic |
| title_full | Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic |
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| title_short | Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic |
| title_sort | anti cult movement and religious freedom for religious minorities in the russian arctic |
| topic | anti-cult movement Russia religious freedom legal regulation of religions missionary activities indigenous people |
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