The book analyzes the formation of a new religious situation in modern Russia and identifies the positions of the Russian Orthodox Church, which largely determines the religious situation in the country as a whole. First of all, those aspects of the topic are considered where the connection between religion and ethnicity is especially evident. A number of problems posed in this work are studied for the first time. In particular, the book presents the first secular study of proselytism and modern missionary activity. For the first time in secular scientific literature, the Orthodox concept of human rights is analyzed. The relationship between religious and ethnic affiliation received further development. The book is addressed to ethnologists, religious scholars, as well as all those interested in the religious situation in modern Russia.
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Kazmina O. E. The Russian Orthodox Church and the New Religious Situation in Russia. – M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2009. – 304 p.
The book analyzes the formation of a new religious situation in modern Russia and identifies the positions of the Russian Orthodox Church, which largely determines the religious situation in the country as a whole. First of all, those aspects of the topic are considered where the connection between religion and ethnicity is especially evident. A number of problems posed in this work are studied for the first time. In particular, the book presents the first secular study of proselytism and modern missionary activity. For the first time in secular scientific literature, the Orthodox concept of human rights is analyzed. The relationship between religious and ethnic affiliation received further development. The book is addressed to ethnologists, religious scholars, as well as all those interested in the religious situation in modern Russia.
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Kazmina O. E. The Russian Orthodox Church and the New Religious Situation in Russia. – M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2009. – 304 p.
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