‘Spreading grace’ in post‐Soviet Russia (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate) |
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| Authors: | Milena Benovska‐Sabkova Tobias Köllner Tünde Komáromi Agata ?adykowska Detelina Tocheva Jarrett Zigon |
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| Institution: | The authors have recently completed a three‐year project entitled ‘Religion and morality in European Russia’ (2006–2009), focusing on contemporary Russian Orthodoxy, at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany, Department for Socialist and Postsocialist Eurasia (see http://www.eth.mpg.de). |
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| Abstract: | The article addresses the revival of Russian Orthodoxy as a prominent domain in the lives of many Russians. The six authors are interested in the underlying question: What makes Russian Orthodoxy a relevent and modern source of morality and identity? The circumstances of this branch of Christianity significantly differ from what has been discussed in recent years as ‘the anthropology of Christianity’. The article proposes a thematic approach in order to connect the exploration of Russian Orthodoxy to the study of other denominations. A key‐area is the disctinctive articulation between continuity and change, which is crucial to the understanding of some branches of Protestantism as well. |
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