Between Polemics and Tolerance: Constructing the Religious Other Through the Censorship of Nicholas I
https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-7203-2021-39-2-247-276
EDN: ZQIKSX
Abstract
This paper discusses the construction of the “religious other” and the notion of tolerance by the Russian censorship. By using the methods of Cambridge Methodological School, the paper explores the case at the highest censorship committee of the Russian Empire, the so-called “Committee of the April 2nd, 1848”, devoted to define admissibility and limits of religious controversy and polemical theology, in particular, between the Orthodox, the Lutherans and other confessional groups. The author is trying to unpack the content of such terms as “heterodox” and “orthodox” in their evolving correlation, and the specific understanding of tolerance in Russia under Nicolas I.
About the Author
Sergey Goryunov
Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Goryunov S. Between Polemics and Tolerance: Constructing the Religious Other Through the Censorship of Nicholas I. State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide. 2021;39(2):247-276. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-7203-2021-39-2-247-276. EDN: ZQIKSX
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