POST-SOVIET CIVIL RELIGION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
POST-SOVIET CIVIL RELIGION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
Author(s): Sergei ChapninSubject(s): History of Church(es), Politics and religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Eastern Orthodoxy, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Russian Orthodox Church; War in Ukraine; Post-Soviet Civil Religion; Church and State; Religion and Politics;
Summary/Abstract: The religious revival in post-Soviet Russia resulted in a new, more intimate than ever before, alliance between the Russian Orthodox Church and Putin’s autocratic regime. Three key elements were essential in shaping this unholy alliance: a) re-establishing the Russian Orthodox Church under Stalin’s decree in 1943, b) the constant support of local Orthodox Churches and the ecumenical movement, and c) the formation of a specific religious based ideology.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Catholica Latina
- Issue Year: 68/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 110-119
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English