A “God-Bearing Nation”: Religious Aspects of the Russian Concept of State Authority

Marcin Składanowski

doi:10.21697/ct.2023.93.1.07

Opublikowane: 2023-03-13

Tom 93 Nr 1 (2023)

A “God-Bearing Nation”: Religious Aspects of the Russian Concept of State Authority

Marcin Składanowski

Collectanea Theologica

Dział: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.1.07

Abstrakt

W kontekście konfrontacji Rosji z Zachodem, zwłaszcza po wybuchu wojny przeciwko Ukrainie 24 lutego 2022 roku, można być zaskoczonym poparciem, jakim Władimir Putin cieszy się w społeczeństwie rosyjskim. Autor stawia tezę, że to zjawisko nie może być wyjaśnione wyłącznie czynnikami politycznymi. Artykuł ma na celu ukazanie ideologicznego znaczenia rosyjskiej (ruskiej) tradycji prawosławnej w procesie formowania i umacniania rosyjskiej koncepcji władzy państwowej. Po naszkicowaniu głównych problemów związanych z ideologiczną legitymizacją władzy w Rosji, przedstawione zostaną dwie religijnie zakorzenione koncepcje: Trzeci Rzym i „bogonośność”. Koncepcje te wyjaśniają również, dlaczego Rosyjska Cerkiew Prawosławna prawie jednoznacznie wsparła rosyjską agresję przeciwko Ukrainie.

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Rosja, prawosławie rosyjskie, historiozofia religijna, Trzeci Rzym, antyokcydentalizm

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Składanowski, M. (2023). A “God-Bearing Nation”: Religious Aspects of the Russian Concept of State Authority. Collectanea Theologica, 93(1), 163–190. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.1.07

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