The rise of the Russian Christian Right: the case of the World Congress of Families

This article offers a case study of the Russian-American pro-family organisation the World Congress of Families, explaining its emergence, strategies, and religious and political agenda from 1995 until 2019. The article adds to a growing body of research that sheds light on transnational networks of...

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Main Author: Stoeckl, Kristina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2020
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 223-238
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B International Organization for the Family / Russia / Christianity / Conservatism / The Right / History 1995-2019
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CG Christianity and Politics
KBK Europe (East)
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Conservatism
B traditional values
B Religion
B right wing
B Russia
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Summary:This article offers a case study of the Russian-American pro-family organisation the World Congress of Families, explaining its emergence, strategies, and religious and political agenda from 1995 until 2019. The article adds to a growing body of research that sheds light on transnational networks of conservative and right-wing political and civil society actors. It zooms in on Russian pro-family activists as connected to such networks and thereby takes an innovative perspective on the Russian conservative turn as part of a global phenomenon. The article also makes the argument that a specific Russian Christian Right movement, comparable to and linked with the American Christian Right and conservative Christian groups in Europe, is taking shape in Russia.
ISSN:1465-3974
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2020.1796172