Russia and the Religious Right
Recovering Truth
English - June 24, 2022 00:14 - 26 minutes - 59.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality democracy politics religion truth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Amid growing international sanctions, Putin has been tightening control on media outlets in Russia, and actively arresting war protestors, including children. He has also turned to the Russian Orthodox Church for religious support in his war of aggression. Putin’s actions, his use of religious language as pointed culture wars rhetoric, and his support by some conservative religious actors abroad have painted this invasion as a war of morality, of good versus evil, perhaps even a holy war. At the same time, Putin’s language about Ukraine emphasizes antisemitism and anti-westernism, and promotes what he views as traditional values, including religious values. So is Vladimir Putin a religious zealot? A ruthless cynic? Is he the face of a new post-Soviet fascist state?