Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic

Beliakova N, Kliueva V. Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic. Religions . 2023;14(8): 1062. 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...

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Published in:Religions
Main Authors: Beliakova, Nadezhda, Kliueva, Vera
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
Russian Arctic
ddc:900
Arctic
Online Access:https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29823761
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2982376
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/download/2982376/2982377
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Summary:Beliakova N, Kliueva V. Anti-Cult Movement and Religious Freedom for Religious Minorities in the Russian Arctic. Religions . 2023;14(8): 1062. 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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