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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Religions
Main Authors: Nadezhda Beliakova, Vera Kliueva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Subjects:
anti-cult movement
Russia
religious freedom
legal regulation of religions
missionary activities
indigenous people
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BL1-2790
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14081062
https://doaj.org/article/832d985a42174d13802d1532abe89842
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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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