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Orthodox Christianity, Soviet Atheism and ‘Animist’ Practices in the Russianized World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Jean-Luc Lambert
Jean-Luc Lambert*
Affiliation:
École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
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Abstract

In Russia a monotheism - Orthodox Christianity - and atheism in its Marxist version have succeeded each other as state systems of rites and representations. Rather than contrasting one with the other, term with term, this paper proposes to bring in a third term: the local religious systems of Russia's animist minorities. We examine how Christianity and atheism tried one after the other to get established there and also consider the reactions they encountered. The analysis as planned is undertaken on two levels: on an overall level we look at the strategies and aims of the state and its representatives, and on the local level - illustrated by the particular example of the Nenets - concrete and always specific mechanisms are presented, which application of general policy has implemented on the ground.

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Research Article
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Diogenes , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 21 - 31
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Copyright © ICPHS 2005

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