In:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy Documentation Center, Vol. 6, No. 1 ( 1994), p. 109-128
Abstract:
Russia is a strategic research site for studying the deconstruction of idolatries. Idolatry remains a powerful social scientific and popular concept, more so than the modem, unified concept of ideology, Russians themselves have regularly invoked the vocabulary of idolatry. IRIVC public opinion surveys in Moscow, 1990-93, indicate that a majority believe that the Biblical commandments against idolatry are very important for contemporary man and would improve the world if obeyed. To Russians, idolatry means blindty either worshipping anything or believing in leaders. Between April 1990 and April 1991, there was a 183 percent increase in the number of people expressing certainty in the existence of God. Belief in a transcendent God is associated with a dramatic decrease in various idolatries such as obsessive concem with wealth and New Age cults such as astrology, EST, UFOism, and the like.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0890-0132
DOI:
10.5840/jis199461/26
Language:
English
Publisher:
Philosophy Documentation Center
Publication Date:
1994
SSG:
0
SSG:
1
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