Kolosova, Alison-Ruth (2020) Mission 'from below' or 'from above'? Incarnation and indigenous agency at Orthodox missions in Russia's Volga-Kama region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Decolonial subversions. pp. 30-57.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The article discusses the theological and historical origins, and the grassroots impact of Orthodox missionary work inspired by N.I. Il`minskii among the Turkic and Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia's Volga-Kama region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It attributes Il`minskii's motivation in using vernacular languages and indigenous personnel in schools and churches to an entangled mixture of influences from 'below' and 'above', including the incarnational theology of Feodor Bukharev and the Russian Orthodox Church's response to increasing adherence to Islam among the Volga-Kama peoples. It illustrates the impact of Il`minskii's ideas through a case study of how the teachers and graduates of the Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers' School engaged with Chuvash communities and the issues vital for them between the 1860s Great Reforms and the 1917 Revolution: preservation of their language and culture, development of the rural economy, and just repartition of the land. It argues that Il`minskii's native schools had a russifying effect, yet the creation of a vernacular written language, the emphasis on indigenous agency and the formation of a native intelligentsia, meant that Chuvash communities both resisted assimilation into Russian culture and experienced an awakening of national consciousness which led to aspirations to political and ecclesial autonomy in the early 20th century.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Indigenization, Chuvashia, Incarnational Theology, Russification, Orthodox Mission, N.I.Il`minskii |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Russian Federation |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2022 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2022 07:22 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2635 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
