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

Bibliographic Data

ID3584628
AuthorsN A Beliakova (0000-0003-0470-4497, Bielefeld University, corresponding author), P Kliueva (0000-0001-5594-3952, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue8
Pages1062
Publication date2023-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14081062
OpenAlexW4385987339
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

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

Aesthetics · Arctic · Cult · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Religious freedom · Sociology · The arctic · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Oceanography

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