RE: What is Christianity like in Europe?
January 7, 2015 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2015 at 10:22 am by FatAndFaithless.)
As far as Russia goes, the Eastern Orthodox Church is a pretty large influence on Russian politics, and Putin is all too happy to push it. In fact, as far as I can remember (and I'll look for soruces in a moment) opening/holding/promoting any other Christian denomination (let alone another religion) has been restricted by law.
I'll be back in a bit with some sources if I can find 'em.
EDIT: While their constitution 'claims' to be secular and hold all religions as equal before the law, apparently any religious group considered "non-traditional" (read non-Russian Orthodox) can be subjected to restrictions, police raids, financial discrimination, and can have their religious literature banned, and in some cases even have their entire religious group banned in Russia.
https://www.pcusa.org/news/2011/11/22/fr...ed-limits/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_...us_freedom
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essa...-in-russia
I'll be back in a bit with some sources if I can find 'em.
EDIT: While their constitution 'claims' to be secular and hold all religions as equal before the law, apparently any religious group considered "non-traditional" (read non-Russian Orthodox) can be subjected to restrictions, police raids, financial discrimination, and can have their religious literature banned, and in some cases even have their entire religious group banned in Russia.
https://www.pcusa.org/news/2011/11/22/fr...ed-limits/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_...us_freedom
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essa...-in-russia
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
