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Title: |
The Politicization of Russian Orthodoxy |
| Sub-title: |
Actors and Ideas |
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| By (author): |
Anastasia V Mitrofanova Foreword by: William C Gay Series edited by: Andreas Umland |
| ISBN10-13: |
3898214818 : 9783898214810 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Weight: |
.350 Kg. |
| Published: |
ibidem - July 2005 |
| List Price: |
22.90 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| This book analyzes the ideologies of politicized Orthodox Christianity in today Russia including fundamentalism, pan-Slavism, neo-Eurasianism, Orthodox communism and nationalism. Apart from textual analysis, the volume provides a description of the specific subculture of political Orthodoxy, i.e. its language, symbols, art, mass media, hangouts and dresscode. This study represents the first scholarly examination of these topics. Unlike other publications on the politicization of Orthodoxy, it is focused not on the political ambitions of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), but on political movements ideologically based on their own interpretations of the Orthodox doctrine, often contravening the canonical version. The book demonstrates that the â political Orthodoxâ or â Orthodox patriotsâ are a specific branch of believers who frequently do not practice Orthodoxy properly, inventing, instead, their own quasi-Orthodox rituals. The volume shows that the ROC is not responsible for such religious politicization and that the community of the political Orthodox is rather guided by religiously oriented lay intellectuals. The book provides a brief analysis of this intellectual community. Finally, the volume demonstrates that, even in the absence of significant electoral achievements, some religio-political Orthodox movementsâ namely, fundamentalists and nationalistsâ have been able to gain public support at the grassroots level. They have been able to infiltrate larger and more moderate political organizations thus contributing to a general â Orthodoxizationâ of Russian political discourse. |
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