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‘Spreading grace’ in post‐Soviet Russia (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate )
Author(s) -
BenovskaSabkova Milena,
Köllner Tobias,
Komáromi Tünde,
Ładykowska Agata,
Tocheva Detelina,
Zigon Jarrett
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2010.00711.x
Subject(s) - orthodoxy , christianity , protestantism , sociology , articulation (sociology) , morality , identity (music) , history , religious studies , law , political science , philosophy , aesthetics , archaeology , politics
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.