Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost
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Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost

Russian Desecularization and a Ukrainian Alternative

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Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost

Russian Desecularization and a Ukrainian Alternative

About this book

In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics of religion and why, in contrast, religious pluralism and tolerance have solidified in Ukraine. Offering a richly documented history of cultural and political struggles that surrounded desecularization—the resurgence of religion's societal role—from the end of the USSR to the Russo-Ukrainian war, they show Russian critics of desecularization adhered to artistic provocations, from axing icons to "punk-prayers" in cathedrals, and how Orthodox activists, in turn, responded by vandalizing controversial exhibits and calling on the state to crush "the enemies of the Church." Putin's solidifying tyranny heard their calls and criminalized insults to religious feelings. Meanwhile, Ukraine adhered to its pluralistic legacies. Its churches refused to engage in Russian-style culture wars, sticking instead to forgiveness and forbearance. Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost offers original theoretical and methodological perspectives on desecularization applicable far beyond the cases of Russia and Ukraine.
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: Approaching the Puzzle of Russian Desecularization
  7. 1. Desecularization and Its Social Dynamics
  8. 2. Desecularization as a Social Drama
  9. 3. The Unresolved Dramas of the Anomic 1990s
  10. 4. “Beware, Religion!”: A Threshold Social Drama of Russian Desecularization
  11. 5. Forbidden Art—2006: A Counteroffensive Defeated
  12. 6. “Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!”: The Pussy Riot Case and the Making of the Law on Religious Feelings
  13. 7. Russia’s Silent Majority and “the Enemies of the Church”
  14. 8. The Aftermath: From the Enactment of the Law on Religious Feelings to the Invasion of Ukraine (2013–2023)
  15. 9. A Ukrainian Alternative
  16. Conclusion: The Drama and Tragedy of Russian Desecularization
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index
  21. About the Authors