The historical genesis of anti-christianity in the contemporary west: satanism of western elites as a political reality
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-3-22-39
Abstract
Aim. To reconstruct the worldview and ideology of the Western elites with a focus on identifying their religious/quasi-religious foundations.
Methodology. The “black box” method was used, considering the potentially possible latent teachings of the global elite.
Results. The hypothesis that the religious foundation of the global elite’s teachings is highly likely to be Satanism was substantiated. The contemporary elite, in their genesis, used various heretical teachings as an alternative to Christianity in their struggle against the medieval system, which determined the anti-Christian direction of their synthetic doctrine. The evaluation given by the President of the Russian Federation, V. V. Putin, regarding the Western elites’ actual shift to Satanism was confirmed.
Research implications. The practical potential of the study lies in the possibility of using its results to critique the West as Russia’s opponent in the current phase of the Russian-Western civilizational conflict.
About the Authors
V. Bagdasaryan
Federal State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vardan E. Bagdasaryan – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Dean of the Faculty of History, Political Science and Law
141014, Moscow Region, Mytishchi, Vera Voloshina St., 24
(S. Lukashenko) Archimandrite Sylvester
Church in the Name of Martyr Andrew Stratelates
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Archimandrite Sylvester (Lukashenko) – Rector of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Andrei Stratilat, Chairman of the Yaroslavl Church Historical Society, member of the Civic Chamber of the Yaroslavl Region
152111, Yaroslavl Region, Rostov District, Sulost Village
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