Title: Religion and identity in modern Russia : the revival of orthodoxy and Islam /
Authors: Johnson, Juliet, 1968-; Forest, Benjamin, 1967-; Stepani͡ant͡s, M. T.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ History; Islam Russia History; Identification (Religion); Nationalism Russia.; Russia Church history
Abstract: "Focusing on the roles of Russian Orthodoxy and Islam in constituting, challenging, and changing national and ethnic identities in Russia, this study takes Tsarist and Soviet legacies into account, paying special attention to the evolution of the relationship between religious teachings and political institutions through the late 19th and 20th centuries. The volume explicitly discusses and compares the role of Russia's two major religions. Orthodoxy and Islam, in forging identity in the modern era and brings an innovative blend of sociological, historical, linguistic, and geographic scholarship to the problem of post-Soviet Russian identity." -- BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Religion after communism : belief, identity, and the Soviet legacy in Russia / Juliet Johnson -- Ethno-religious identity in modern Russia -- Orthodoxy and Islam compared / Marietta Stepaniants -- Orthodoxy, ethnicity, and mass ethnophobias in the late tsarist era / Liudmila Gatagova -- In search of the "Russian idea" : a view from inside the Russian Orthodox Church / Georgii Chistiakov -- Tolerance and extremism : Russian ethnicity in the Orthodox discourse of the 1990s / Svetlana Ryzhova -- Islam and the emergence of Tatar national identity / Aidar Yuzeev -- Islam and the construction of Tatar sociolinguistic identity / Suzanne Wertheim -- The search for ethnic and religious identity in Dagestan / Zagir Arukhov -- Modern identities in Russia : a new struggle for the soul? / Juliet Johnson.