RELIGION AND IDENTITY IN MODERN RUSSIA: THE REVIVAL OF ORTHODOXY AND ISLAM; ED. JULIET JOHNSON.

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"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.

subjects: Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ,  Church history,  Identification (Religion),  Islam,  Nationalism,  History,  Russisch-Orthodoxe Kerk,  15.70 history of Europe,  Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche,  Etnisch bewustzijn,  Nationalbewusstsein,  Religion and politics,  Nationalism, russia (federation),  Group identity,  Russia (federation),  RELIGION,  Christianity,  Orthodox

Places: Russia

Times: 20th century