Skvirskaja, Vera (2014) Contested Souls: Christianisation, millenarianism and sentiments of belonging on indigenous rural Yamal, Russia. Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines, 45.
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Religious revival has consistently shown itself to be a central characteristic of broader ideologicalshifts in post-Soviet Russia. This article discusses how new religious currents – Orthodox Christianity and a Protestant denomination condemned by the Church – affected rural indigenous dwellers on Yamal at the turn of the millennium. It contends that rather than simply filling a post-Soviet ideological vacuum, as is often suggested in mass media and social scientificliterature, new religious discourses challenged and resurrected native traditions for new purposes as well as revoked certain Soviet images and social forms. People’s reliance onsemantic memory in diverse and mutually hostile religious frameworks overrides a distinction between innovative religious movements characterised by evocative images and a doctrinalmode of religiosity based on routinised forms of worship and ‘general knowledge’ (cf. Whitehouse 2000). While sharing this memory, indigenous converts of different denominationsmay profess millenarian attitudes that coexist with both ‘syncretic’ dispositions and the completenegation of native tradition.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | evangelism, Orthodoxy, religious revival, cultural authenticity |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Conversion B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues C Types of Christian Ministry > Missionaries G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox G Christian traditions/Denominations > Baptist |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Russian Federation |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2021 21:28 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2021 21:28 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1907 |
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