Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet Russia : institutional discourses, community strategies and missionary rhetoric
Journal: Leiden Repository (Leiden University)
Year: 2019

&lt;p&gt;This thesis uses a language perspective to examine the complex relationship between Muslims and Christians in post-Soviet Russia, as well as their attitudes vis-à-vis the state. An important conclusion of this thesis is that a religious language variant does not only signal a speaker's religious identity. By opting for a particular language, by using or avoiding specific religious vocabulary, speakers also aim to secure their belonging to desired ethnic, national and political groups. T