Суд над Бхагавад-гитой / Attempt to ban Bhagavad-gita

Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin, a sectologist, linked to Russian Orthodox Church

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Alexander Dvorkin
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Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin (Russian: Александр Леонидович Дворкин; 20 August 1955, Moscow) is a Russian-American anti-cult activist and president of the Saint Ireneus of Lyons Informational Consultative Center,[1] an anti-cult organisation affiliated to the Russian Orthodox Church.[2] Dvorkin graduated Doctor of Philosophy in 1983 at the Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. He has appeared on Russian television.[3]

Dvorkin is a critic of Scientology, which he regards as a dangerous cult. Church of Scientology-affiliated organizations describe him as an "anti-religious extremist," and compile negative information about him on their websites. In 1997, Scientology and several other new religious movements sued Dvorkin and the Russian Orthodox Church for defamation, but their case was dismissed.[4]
References
^ Steinberg, Mark D.; Catherine Wanner (2008). Religion, morality, and community in post-Soviet societies. Indiana University Press. p. 300. ISBN 9780253220387.
^ Lucas, Phillip Charles; Thomas Robbins (2004). New religious movements in the twenty-first century: legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective. Routledge. p. 106. ISBN 9780415965774.
^ For example his appearance in TV-program "National Interest" (http://rutube.ru/tracks/1848731.html)
^ Côté, Pauline (2001). Chercheurs de dieux dans l'espace public. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 9782760305359.
External links
(Russian language) Russian Association of Centers for Religious and Sectarian Studies (http://iriney.ru/)
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Categories: Critics of Scientology
Russian theologians
Living people
Anti-cult organizations and individuals
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