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Shifting Boundaries: Rethinking the nature of religion and religious change among minority peoples in late imperial Russia

Crye, Jennifer L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249395999

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Religion.
The Volga-Kama region of nineteenth century Russia included a diversity of ethnic and religious groups, including followers of indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. During the nineteenth century, many groups were reorienting their identities through establishing stronger connections to Christianity or Islam, or even by renovating their traditional practices and representing them in new ways. Many scholars, drawing from Russian sources, present minority peoples’ religious practices as being somewhat confused or syncretic. However, I will argue that it is necessary to use comparative perspectives from studies of Inner Asia and concepts from post-colonial theory in order to fully explore religious conceptions and practices in the Volga-Kama region. Even in a changing world, minority peoples attempted to keep their own communities in the center by reorienting the structure of sacred power so that it did not come from Russian intermediaries but rather directly to their own local communities.
Scott Kenworthy (Advisor)
Rick Colby (Committee Member)
Lisa Poirier (Committee Member)
50 p.
Religion; Religious History; Russian History
religions of Russia; minority peoples in Russia; Islam in Russia; Volga-Kama region; Orthodox missionary; indigenous religious traditions; Mari; Chuvash; Tatars; Votiaks; local religious traditions; religious boundaries; colonialism

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  • Crye, J. L. (2009). Shifting Boundaries: Rethinking the nature of religion and religious change among minority peoples in late imperial Russia [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249395999

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Crye, Jennifer. Shifting Boundaries: Rethinking the nature of religion and religious change among minority peoples in late imperial Russia. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249395999.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Crye, Jennifer. "Shifting Boundaries: Rethinking the nature of religion and religious change among minority peoples in late imperial Russia." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1249395999

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