Vagramenko, Tatiana (2016) Modernity tensions and Nenets ‘Ritualized resistance’: Evangelical conversion as a strategy of empowerment. In: Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) “Relocating Religion”, 28 June - 1 July, 2016, Helsinki, Finland. (Unpublished)
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The paper examines the phenomenon of conversion into Evangelical Christianity amongst the Nenets indigenous people of the Polar Urals (North-Western Siberia). The affinity between Protestantism and modern economic development has been widely discussed after Weber, and the post-Soviet case is no exception. As scholars argue, in the early 1990s, the neo-Evangelical movements gradually contributed to social changes after socialism by bringing neoliberal capitalistic culture. The paper, however, outlines the case when Evangelical movement became a form of ‘ritual resistance’ to the process of disenchantment. Religious conversion amongst the Nenets became a form of un-making capitalism in the Arctic – a mode to slow down the Western shape of ‘modernity’. Besides, newly established Evangelical communities amongst the natives often carry most expressed ethnic awareness and defensiveness. It might seem paradoxical, religious conversion into ‘Russian faith’ (as often Evangelical Christianity is perceived by the Nenets themselves) becomes a foundation for re-assemblance of Nenets system of identities and for revision of Nenets authenticity, when new religious practices are being transformed into a strategy of empowerment.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Conversion B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Russian Federation |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2024 09:00 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 09:00 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3037 |
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