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In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics of religion and why, in contrast, religious pluralism and tolerance have solidified in Ukraine. Offering a richly documented history of cultural and political struggles that surrounded desecularization-the resurgence of religion's societal role-from the end of the USSR to the Russo-Ukrainian war, they show Russian critics of desecularization adhered to artistic provocations, from axing icons to "punk-prayers" in cathedrals, and how Orthodox activists, in turn, responded by vandalizing controversial exhibits and calling on the state to crush "the enemies of the Church." Putin's solidifying tyranny heard their calls and criminalized insults to religious feelings. Meanwhile, Ukraine adhered to its pluralistic legacies. Its churches refused to engage in Russian-style culture wars, sticking instead to forgiveness and forbearance. Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost offers original theoretical and methodological perspectives on desecularization applicable far beyond the cases of Russia and Ukraine.
Contents
Introduction: Approaching the Puzzle of Russian Desecularization
1 Desecularization and Its Social Dynamics
2 Desecularization as a Social Drama
3 The Unresolved Dramas of the Anomic 1990s
4 "Beware, Religion!": A Threshold Social Drama of Russian Desecularization
5 Forbidden Art-2006: A Counteroffensive Defeated
6 Mother of God, Chase Putin Away! The Pussy Riot Case and the Making of the Law on Religious Feelings
7 Russia's Silent Majority and "the Enemies of the Church"
8 The Aftermath: From the Enactment of the Law on Religious Feelings to the Invasion of Ukraine (2013-2023)
9 A Ukrainian Alternative
Conclusion: The Drama and Tragedy of Russian Desecularization
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
