An Introduction: Scapegoating the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Maintain the Cohesion of National Communities

This and the next issue of The Journal of CESNURpresent papers from the September 3, 2020 seminar “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Opponents: Russia, the West, and Beyond,” which should have been held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 3, 2020, but was moved online because...

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Main Author: Rigal-Cellard, Bernadette (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2020]
In: The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 6, Pages: 3-10
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Russia / State / National unity / Jehovah's Witnesses / Scapegoat theory
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBK Europe (East)
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses
B Scapegoat Theory
B Jehovah’s Witnesses
B Spiritual Security in Russia
B Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
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Summary:This and the next issue of The Journal of CESNURpresent papers from the September 3, 2020 seminar “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Opponents: Russia, the West, and Beyond,” which should have been held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 3, 2020, but was moved online because of the COVID-19 epidemic. Several papers focus on the reasons for the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Putin’s Russia. This introduction argues that René Girard’s theory of the scapegoat offers an additional explanation. In the present Russian context, the Jehovah’s Witnesses serve as the perfect scapegoat in Girardian sense.
ISSN:2532-2990
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.6.1