The Russian Orthodox Church as moral norm entrepreneur

Stoeckl, Kristina

doi:10.1080/09637494.2016.1194010

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“…The anti-LGBT politics of the Orthodox Church (Stoeckl 2016) and Vladimir Putin's Russia (Stoeckl and Medvedeva 2017), a member of the CoE, is equally exemplary of the construction of contradictions in LGBT rights norms. Since about 2009, the state has used the rhetoric of "traditional values" to present Russia as the international protectorate of the new postsecular morality politics, justifying the passage and diffusion of anti-"homopropaganda" laws that center on sexual "decadency" as deviant (Wilkinson 2014).…”

Section: Part 2: Successes and The Construction Of Contradictions Inmentioning

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Tensions in rights: navigating emerging contradictions in the LGBT rights revolution

Ayoub¹

2019

Contesting Human Rights

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Few revolutions in rights have emerged as suddenly, and with such intensity, as the sweeping changes we have observed around LGBT 2 rights in the last two decades. In many states, these monumental changes have transformed many LGBT people from the proverbial "other"-often perceived as criminal and degenerate-into respected and sometimes even celebrated members of society. Coming out of the depths of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, few would have predicted the major victories in rights many states afford LGBT people in 2018. From the passage of gender recognition in Colombia and Malta to same-sex marriage in Ireland and South Africa, the diversity of states that address such norms have surprised even the most pessimistic onlooker. As such, LGBT rights constitute an intriguing example of unexpected and transformative social change on a global scale. Yet, these successes have not gone unchallenged. In line with the impetus for this volume, LGBT human rights stand at particularly crucial crossroads in contemporary world politics: both expanding and contracting, deepening and collapsing. With the rejection of claims made by LGBT movements in many states, and amidst a global politics marred by exclusionary populism and nationalism, LGBT rights are increasingly contradicted on the world stage. Such contradictory claims are both more refined and disseminated in global politics-often in very similar ways-by powerful actors (including states and INGOs) operating in transnational politics. For example, the promotion of family values/traditional values and religious liberty dominate contemporary global discourse. From Russian President Vladimir Putin's commitment to defend states from a "Gay-European" threat to the campaign opposing the Colombian FARC peace accord on the basis of its "gender ideology"-LGBT advocates operate in an increasingly polarized world. It is a world defined by serious contradictions in the interpretations of the very rights that have in recent decades recognized the human dignity of LGBT people in many corners of the globe. This chapter explores the tensions between the transnational diffusion of LGBT rights and a "traditional values"-politik championed by an emerging global opposition, as well as the instrumental reframing and translation of "traditional values" and "family values" norms by LGBT activists as a direct response. In doing so, the chapter looks at pathways of influence for LGBT movements in a world riddled with new types of global contradictions. It addresses two core questions that guide the volume. First, on the global contradiction in rights: Where do we see contradictions in the logics or

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Section: Part 2: Successes and The Construction Of Contradictions Inmentioning

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Tensions in rights: navigating emerging contradictions in the LGBT rights revolution

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2019

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“…In the context of presentday Russia, actors who enter public debates with religious arguments and advance religious claims, enjoy the support of the conservative political establishment (Stoeckl 2017). For instance, the ROC leadership has been actively using religious arguments in public debates: supported by the state, the Church tends to act as a moral entrepreneur that promotes conservative norms (Stoeckl 2016). In his speech, Gainutdin also attempts to draw on the symbolic power of religion as an unhampered source of truth and moral norms.…”

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Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church

Sibgatullina

2019

Religion, State and Society

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This contribution analyses the discursive strategies exercised by Russia's state-appointed Islamic authorities. It draws on a linguistic corpus that consists of speeches and sermons by Mufti Ravil' Gainutdin, the head of a major Muslim Spiritual Directorate in Moscow. A multi-levelled analysis shows that the mufti's lexical and rhetorical choices correspond to the discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church elites. This affinity is a discursive strategy that allows Gainutdin to position himself as the authoritative leader of Russia's Islamic community and to construct Islam as Russia's 'familiar' and 'traditional' religion. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In political terms, the document adheres faithfully to Putin's antiwestern and conservative rhetoric. Similarly to the ROC (see Stoeckl 2016), the document criticises western notions of universal human rights as overlooking traditional values: The elaboration of declarations and legislature on the human rights by Europeans from seventeenth to nineteenth century attest of the attempts of human spirit to free itself from the ignorance toward truth. However, belittling of conservative and religious values in these acts has ultimately led to such extremes of modern liberalism as the public legitimization of vices, including the substitution of the historically formed concept of the family by the concept of same-sex marriage (Sotsial'naya doktrina rossiiskikh musul 'man, 2015).…”

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Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

Aitamurto

2019

Religion, State and Society

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Transnational Islam is increasingly presented in the Russian political rhetoric as a security threat. Therefore, Russian politicians and authorities attempt to support indigenous or national forms of Islam. Similar policies are implemented in several western European countries. Yet they tend to disregard the heterogeneity of the Muslim community, they create exclusions and they are often conceived as imposing outside evaluations and interpretations on Islam. This contribution analyses initiatives intended to develop a national Islam in post-Soviet Russia. While the aims, methods and problems in different countries are often quite similar, the values and norms underlying these initiatives vary and reflect the societies from which they emerge. This contribution argues that since the 1990s, the changes in the political line of the Kremlin have impacted the project for a 'national' Islam by placing less emphasis on liberal values and more emphasis on adherence to loyalism and political conservatism.

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The Russian Orthodox Church as moral norm entrepreneur

Cited by 86 publications

References 21 publications

Tensions in rights: navigating emerging contradictions in the LGBT rights revolution

Tensions in rights: navigating emerging contradictions in the LGBT rights revolution

Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church

Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

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