RT Article
T1 Framing of Abortion and Church-State Relations in Russian Orthodox Online Portals
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 12
A1 Hill, Caroline
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1796464732
AB Over the past two decades, clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church have found a new outlet for morality policy discussions: news portals, blogs, and other sites that comprise a virtual public sphere of Russian Orthodox online media. One prominent issue discussed herein is abortion in Russia, a subject that has spawned debates about possible regulation and prevention measures. This article analyzes statements regarding abortion made by clerics and others serving in the Russian Orthodox Church via Russian Orthodox online portals. Using typologies for framing strategies established through research of morality policy and church-state relations in Russia, this analysis will show that rational-instrumental frames were employed more frequently than religiously based or procedural arguments, and frames expressing affinity and disillusionment with the state were utilized more often than those evoking church-state symphony or anti-government disestablishment. In addition, it will shed light on framing strategies between online portals with varying degrees of proximity to the Moscow Patriarchate.
K1 Orthodox Christian
K1 Russia
K1 Russian Orthodox Church
K1 Abortion
K1 Framing
K1 Media
K1 Mediatization
K1 morality policy
K1 Online
DO 10.3390/rel12121084