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Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States - Dreaming of Christian nations (Paperback)
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Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States - Dreaming of Christian nations (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
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This book explores the politics of conservative Christian churches
and social movements in Russia and the United States, focusing on
their similar concerns but very different modes of political
engagement. Whilst secularisation continues to chip away at
religious adherence and practice in Europe, religion is often,
quite rightly, seen as an influential force in the politics of the
United States, and, more questionably, as a significant influence
in contemporary Russia. This book looks at the broad social
movement making up the US Christian Right and the profoundly
hierarchical leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church as socially
conservative actors, and some of the ways they have engaged in
contemporary politics. Both are seeking to halt the perceived drift
towards a more secular political order; both face significant
challenges in handling the consequences of secularism, pluralism
and liberal individualism; and both believe that their nations can
only be great if they remain true to their religious heritage. In
exploring their experience, the book focuses on shared and
different elements in their diagnosis of what is wrong with their
societies and how this affects their policy intervention over
issues such as religious and ethnic belonging, sexual orientation
and education. Drawing on political, sociological and religious
studies, this work will be a useful reference for students and
scholars of religion and politics, Russian politics and American
politics.
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