The impulse to orthodoxy: why illiberal democracies treat religious pluralism as a threat

Why do illiberal regimes restrict the activities of marginal and benign religious groups? Since the late 1990s, increasingly illiberal governments across the post-Soviet space have redefined freedom of conscience as freedom from the influence of ‘non-traditional' religious groups, which range f...

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Main Author: Levy, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-265
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Religious freedom / Liberty of conscience / Restriction / National consciousness
Further subjects:B religious politics
B Bourdieu
B Populism
B Central Asia
B Authoritarianism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)