Radford, David (2011) ‘God created me Kyrgyz’ – Challenging normative constructs of ethnic identity in post-socialist Kyrgyzstan. In: 10th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACaPS), 3-4 February 2011, Canberra. (Unpublished)
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This paper is focused on some of the religious changes that have taken place in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, with reference to the influx of new religious movements and in particular, the not insignificant growth of Protestant Christianity among ethnic Kyrgyz. Conversion to Christianity has brought with it many challenges, one of the most important being that of identity. The normative understanding of Kyrgyz identity is that to be Kyrgyz is to be Muslim. I explore how Kyrgyz Christians have challenged this understanding by reconstructing their sense of ethnic identity. Kyrgyz Christians affirm their new religious faith and their sense of Kyrgyz identity in the context of a post-socialist Kyrgyzstan seeking to strengthen its own nascent nation-building national identity.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical |
| Divisions: | Central Asia > Kyrgyzstan |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2026 17:39 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2026 17:39 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3245 |
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