EAN: 9783838213781

DEFENDING THE FAITH - LINCOLN E FLAKE KARTONIER...

Freedom of religious expression and assembly has never been under greater threat in post-Soviet
Russia. The infamous Yarovaya Law of 2016 has made good on previous legislative endeavors to
curtail the activities of undesirable religious entities. Behind the curtain  the influence of
the Russian Orthodox Church looms large over state policy and the decline in religious
liberties and pluralism.Lincoln E. Flake explains the church's hostility to nontraditional
groups as a consequence of historical-structural factors arising from its Soviet experience and
immediate-strategic factors arising from its experience in the post-Soviet religious free
market. It was not until the 2014 annexation of Crimea that church-state interests coincided to
produce unprecedented collusion. The Church  which had previously only served symbolic purposes
for domestic political advantage  was now required for more meaningful 'active measures' in
Russia's all-of-government approach to advancing its national security strategy. Reciprocation
produced the Yarovaya Law and further quid pro quos account for the relapse into religious
intolerance. This study contextualizes the church's present-day posture on religious pluralism
by appealing both to historical experience and insights that Rational Choice Theory offers to
the study of religious actors and religious behavior.

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