Slate Out Loud: Josh Keating reads “Russia Gets Religion”

A New Orthodox Empire? Church and State in Putin's Russia. (AUDIO)

A New Orthodox Empire? Church and State in Putin's Russia. (AUDIO)

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Nov. 18 2014 4:00 AM
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Slate Voice: “Russia Gets Religion”

From Moscow, Josh Keating reports on a religious revival in Putin’s Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, to place flowers at a statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle foreign invaders in 1612, to mark the National Unity Day in Moscow, on Nov. 4, 2013.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, to place flowers at a statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle foreign invaders in 1612, to mark the National Unity Day in Moscow, on Nov. 4, 2013.

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“Russia Gets Religion” was originally published in Slate on Nov. 11, 2014. Joshua Keating wrote the piece while traveling in Russia on a religion reporting fellowship from the International Reporting Project at Johns Hopkins. You can read more about Josh’s trip on his blog, The World.

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