Michael Bourdeaux

Michael Broudeaux is the founder and director emeritus of the Keston Institute in Oxford, England.

Articles by Michael Bourdeaux

Features

Border lands

Unrest north ofAfghanistan
Mar 27, 2002 by Michael Bourdeaux
One of the objectives of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent pro-Western diplomacy is to reduce instability along Russia’s southern borders. In the troubled area to the north of Afghanistan are five predominantly Muslim countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Features

Russian renewal

The complex face of Orthodoxy

Apr 04, 2001 by Michael Bourdeaux

When he became president of Russia last year, Vladimir Putin disclosed that “when I was serving in the KGB in Germany, I always wore a cross under my shirt.” Whether or not one believes this astonishing claim, there is no doubt that Putin embraces the Russian Orthodox Church as a partner in his blueprint for a strong new Russia.

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In sacred groves

Paganism revives in Russia

Oct 18, 2000 by Michael Bourdeaux

In the forest shrine, the meat of two rams and a goat cook in great cauldrons suspended from wooden frames. Cloth belts stained with the blood of these sacrificial animals hang from the trees. Higher up, the branches are festooned with votive offerings—items of clothing brought by people who claim to have been cured during earlier ritual sacrifices.