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Family, sex, and faith: the biopolitics of the Russian Orthodox Church

Pål Kolstø
Resource Type:
E-Book
Publication:
Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024
Related Series:
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
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Summary:
"This book explores the "traditional values" strategy of the Russian Orthodox Church under president Vladimir Putin and in particular its views on family and sex, which is one of its most important concerns"-- [Provided by publisher]
Table of Contents:
  • Biopolitics in theory and in Russian Orthodox practice
  • Confessions and confessors as instruments of moral guidance
  • Marriage, divorce, and cohabitation
  • Patriarchy, feminism, and the question of female impurity
  • The vexed question of sex
  • Protecting the family against "juvenile justice"
  • Male violence against women
  • Banning abortion in Russia: the battle the ROC is losing
  • Family size, family planning and contraceptives
  • The battle against LGBT
  • Combatting sex education in Russian schools
  • The impact of ROC moral teachings in Russian society
  • Community: the family ethics of ROC in perspective
  • Regimenting sex and family life in Russia.
Author/Creator:
Kolstø, Pål , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Family, sex, and faith: the biopolitics of the Russian Orthodox Church [by Kolstø, P.]
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Family, sex, and faith [by Kolstø, P.] (Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 — ISBN 9781501779411; LCCN 2024020871)
Related Series:
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
Subjects:
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ — Political aspects — Russia (Federation)
Orthodox Eastern Church — Russia (Federation) — 21st century
Families — Religious aspects — Orthodox Eastern Church
Sex — Religious aspects — Orthodox Eastern Church
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 09, 2025).
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Call Numbers:
BX493 .K595 2024eb
ISBNs:
9781501779435 (electronic book)
1501779435 (electronic book)
9781501779428 (electronic book)
1501779427 (electronic book)
9781501779411 (hardcover) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2024020872
OCLC Numbers:
1446130434
Other Control Numbers:
3858458 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306828727