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Religion not just personal affair in Russia, Moscow official says

By Alliance Alert

Eurasia Review: "Poll results released last week showing that 53 percent of Russians believe religion to be a personal matter' . . . have prompted some unusual reactions in Moscow. Aleksandr Zhuravsky, the head of the department of the inter-ethnic relations of the Regional Development Ministry, told Nezavisimaya gazeta that these results reflect 'a certain social paradigm which has been preserved in the consciousness of Russians from Soviet times.' That paradigm holds, he continued, that 'the social function of religious organizations is limited to the walls' of the church, mosque or synagogue, and it is supported by 'elderly citizens and citizens of middle age.' But in his view, the situation now is different: 'Religion is part of the spiritual culture and a socially active force,' something protected by law."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 06, 2010 (boomark / email).