Wilson Center Experts
Geraldine Fagan
Expertise:
Society and Culture
; Religion
; Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Moscow Correspondent, Forum 18 News Service
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
Title VIII-Supported Short-Term Scholar, Kennan Institute. Moscow Correspondent, "Forum 18" News Service, Moscow. "Believing in Russia: Religious Policy after Communism." April 2009.
Related Content for this Expert
Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism
April 15, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Geraldine Fagan presented her new book, “Believing in Russia—Religious Policy after Communism”, which brings together 12 years of research inside Russia on the role of religion in the nation’s politics. She argued that government policy grounded in religious freedom is the only viable option for consolidating Russia’s extraordinary diversity, and reveal that—far from being a Western import—religious freedom has a long tradition in Russia. more
Truth Stumbles in the Street: Christian Democratic Activism in Belarus
December 12, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Few are aware that prominent figures in the Belarusian opposition movement are motivated by Christian conviction. Journalist Geraldine Fagan will trace how Lukashenka’s restriction of religious freedom prompted Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants to turn to democratic activism, as well as their rediscovery of religious freedom as a long-standing core value of Belarusian identity. Her findings draw on interviews conducted in Minsk in the aftermath of the December 2010 presidential election, including with Christian opposition activists subsequently jailed. more
Believing in Russia - Religious Policy after Communism
April 15, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Geraldine Fagan presented her new book, “Believing in Russia—Religious Policy after Communism”, which brings together 12 years of research inside Russia on the role of religion in the nation’s politics. She argued that government policy grounded in religious freedom is the only viable option for consolidating Russia’s extraordinary diversity, and reveal that—far from being a Western import—religious freedom has a long tradition in Russia.
Truth Stumbles in the Street: Christian Democratic Activism in Belarus
December 12, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Few are aware that prominent figures in the Belarusian opposition movement are motivated by Christian conviction. Journalist Geraldine Fagan will trace how Lukashenka’s restriction of religious freedom prompted Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants to turn to democratic activism, as well as their rediscovery of religious freedom as a long-standing core value of Belarusian identity. Her findings draw on interviews conducted in Minsk in the aftermath of the December 2010 presidential election, including with Christian opposition activists subsequently jailed.