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Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many
routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in
the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve
according to specific cultural conditions and interpretations of
the 'modern project'. It draws upon case study material from
Africa, The Middle East, Russia and South America to examine the
question of whether modernity, democracy and secularism are
universalistic concepts or are, on the contrary, unique to Western
civilization, whilst considering the relationship of postsecularism
to the varied paths of modern development. Drawing together work
from leading social theorists, this critical theoretical
contribution to current debates will appeal to sociologists, social
theorists and political scientists, with interests in religion,
secularization and postsecularization theory and transitions to
modernity in the contemporary globalized world.
This book examines the key 2008 publication of the Russian Orthodox
Church on human dignity, freedom, and rights. It considers how the
document was formed, charting the development over time of the
Russian Orthodox Church's views on human rights. It analyzes the
detail of the document, and assesses the practical and political
impact inside the Church, at the national level and in the
international arena. Overall, it shows how the attitude of the
Russian Orthodox Church has shifted from outright hostility towards
individual human rights to the advocacy of "traditional values."
The Moralist International analyzes the role of the Russian
Orthodox Church and the Russian state in the global culture wars
over gender and reproductive rights and religious freedom. It shows
how the Russian Orthodox Church in the past thirty years first
acquired knowledge about the dynamics, issues, and strategies of
Right- Wing Christian groups; how the Moscow Patriarchate has
shaped its traditionalist agenda accordingly; and how the close
alliance between church and state has turned Russia into a norm
entrepreneur for international moral conservativism. Including
detailed case studies of the World Congress of Families,
anti-abortion activism, and the global homeschooling movement, the
book identifies the key factors, causes, and actors of this
process. Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner then develop the
concept of conservative aggiornamento to describe Russian
traditionalism as the result of conservative religious
modernization and the globalization of Christian social
conservatism. The Moralist International continues a line of
research on the globalization of the culture wars that challenges
the widespread perception that it is only progressive actors who
use the international human rights regime to achieve their goals by
demonstrating that conservative actors do the same. The book offers
a new, original perspective that firmly embeds the conservative
turn of post-Soviet Russia in the transnational dynamics of the
global culture wars. The Moralist International is available from
the publisher on an open-access basis.
This book examines the key 2008 publication of the Russian Orthodox
Church on human dignity, freedom, and rights. It considers how the
document was formed, charting the development over time of the
Russian Orthodox Church's views on human rights. It analyzes the
detail of the document, and assesses the practical and political
impact inside the Church, at the national level and in the
international arena. Overall, it shows how the attitude of the
Russian Orthodox Church has shifted from outright hostility towards
individual human rights to the advocacy of "traditional values."
Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many
routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in
the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve
according to specific cultural conditions and interpretations of
the 'modern project'. It draws upon case study material from
Africa, The Middle East, Russia and South America to examine the
question of whether modernity, democracy and secularism are
universalistic concepts or are, on the contrary, unique to Western
civilization, whilst considering the relationship of postsecularism
to the varied paths of modern development. Drawing together work
from leading social theorists, this critical theoretical
contribution to current debates will appeal to sociologists, social
theorists and political scientists, with interests in religion,
secularization and postsecularization theory and transitions to
modernity in the contemporary globalized world.
The Moralist International analyzes the role of the Russian
Orthodox Church and the Russian state in the global culture wars
over gender and reproductive rights and religious freedom. It shows
how the Russian Orthodox Church in the past thirty years first
acquired knowledge about the dynamics, issues, and strategies of
Right- Wing Christian groups; how the Moscow Patriarchate has
shaped its traditionalist agenda accordingly; and how the close
alliance between church and state has turned Russia into a norm
entrepreneur for international moral conservativism. Including
detailed case studies of the World Congress of Families,
anti-abortion activism, and the global homeschooling movement, the
book identifies the key factors, causes, and actors of this
process. Kristina Stoeckl and Dmitry Uzlaner then develop the
concept of conservative aggiornamento to describe Russian
traditionalism as the result of conservative religious
modernization and the globalization of Christian social
conservatism. The Moralist International continues a line of
research on the globalization of the culture wars that challenges
the widespread perception that it is only progressive actors who
use the international human rights regime to achieve their goals by
demonstrating that conservative actors do the same. The book offers
a new, original perspective that firmly embeds the conservative
turn of post-Soviet Russia in the transnational dynamics of the
global culture wars. The Moralist International is available from
the publisher on an open-access basis.
This book gathers a wide range of theological perspectives from
Orthodox European countries, Russia and the United States in order
to demonstrate how divergent the positions are within Orthodox
Christianity. Orthodoxy is often considered to be out-of-sync with
contemporary society, set apart in a world of its own where the
church intertwines with the state, in order to claim power over the
populace and ignore the individual voices of modern societies. As a
collective, these essays present a different understanding of the
relationship of Orthodoxy to secular politics; comprehensive,
up-to-date and highly relevant to politically understanding today's
world. The contributors present their views and arguments by
drawing lessons from the past, and by elaborating visions for how
Orthodox Christianity can find its place in the contemporary
liberal democratic order, while also drawing on the experience of
the Western Churches and denominations. Touching upon aspects such
as anarchism, economy and political theology, these contributions
examine how Orthodox Christianity reacts to liberal democracy, and
explore the ways that this branch of religion can be rendered more
compatible with political modernity.
This book gathers a wide range of theological perspectives from
Orthodox European countries, Russia and the United States in order
to demonstrate how divergent the positions are within Orthodox
Christianity. Orthodoxy is often considered to be out-of-sync with
contemporary society, set apart in a world of its own where the
church intertwines with the state, in order to claim power over the
populace and ignore the individual voices of modern societies. As a
collective, these essays present a different understanding of the
relationship of Orthodoxy to secular politics; comprehensive,
up-to-date and highly relevant to politically understanding today's
world. The contributors present their views and arguments by
drawing lessons from the past, and by elaborating visions for how
Orthodox Christianity can find its place in the contemporary
liberal democratic order, while also drawing on the experience of
the Western Churches and denominations. Touching upon aspects such
as anarchism, economy and political theology, these contributions
examine how Orthodox Christianity reacts to liberal democracy, and
explore the ways that this branch of religion can be rendered more
compatible with political modernity.
In this book Sergey Horujy undertakes a novel comparative analysis
of Foucault's theory of practices of the self and the Eastern
Orthodox ascetical tradition of Hesychasm, revealing deep
affinities between these two radical "subject-less" approaches to
anthropology. In facilitating this unusual dialogue, he offers both
an original treatment of ascetical and mystical practices and an
up-to-date interpretation of Foucault that goes against the grain
of mainstream scholarship.
Starting with a definition of political modernity from the
perspective of its greatest trial - totalitarianism - this study
asks the question how community is conceptualized in the
contemporary Western philosophical discourse and in the Russian
Orthodox intellectual tradition. Contemporary philosophical and
theological approaches in Russia develop alternative perspectives
on community and on the human subject. This study analyzes them
historically and philosophically and compares them with liberal,
postmodern and communitarian philosophies of community in the West.
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