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" Their Prayer Is Reaching God… " Old Believers and Icons in 18 th -Century Russia
Evgeny Grishin
The paper is scheduled to be published as a chapter in a collection in 2017
The Newly Discovered Treatise on Patriarch Nikon in the Cultural and Historical Context of Its Epoch
Светлана Севастьянова
The newly discovered anonymous treatise on the deposed Patriarch Nikon (1652–1656, † 1681) belongs to the short-lived Russian seventeenth-century theological and political tradition inaugurated by Nikon himself, where the place of the Patriarch was considered as incomparably superior to that of any secular ruler including the tsar of the Muscovite Rus'. The written monuments of this tradition are rare and mostly include (rather little-known, too) works by Nikon. In the present treatise, the tsar is accused that he is the main culprit of all contemporary evils fallen on
Icon and Devotion. Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia. Translated by R. Milner-Gulland. London, "Reaktion Books", 2002, 416 p., 207 ill., 50 in colour.
Oleg Tarasov
Icon and Devotion is the first historical survey in English of the making and meaning of Russian icons. The craft of icon-making is set into the context of forms of worship that emerged in the Russian Orthodox Church in the mid-17th century. I show how icons have held a special place of “Holy Russia”. I also look closely at a range of issues, from the sacred meanings of icons to how and why they were made. Wonder-working saints and the schismatic Old Believers appear in these pages, which are copiously illustrated with paintings, many of which have never before been published in the English-speaking world. By tracing the artistic vocabulary, techniques and working methods of icon painters in the last 400 years, I try to show how icons have been integral to the history of Russian art, influenced by folk traditions and Western European currents alike. This book will interest not only specialists in icons and the history of Russian art but everyone with a general interest in Russian history and culture.
Theological Reflections: Euro-Asian Journal of Theology
Traditional Russian(speaking Baptist Worship in Orthodox Context
2013 •
Leonid Mikhovich
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lavinia Stan
Forum for Anthropology and Culture
THE EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE OLD BELIEVERS OF THE YENISEI
2020 •
Danila Rygovskiy
This paper examines religious practices and their connection to the social structure of Old Believers who live in the Republic of Tuva and the South of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (the Yenisei River-basin area). The author considers religious practices through the metaphor of ‘assemblage’, that is, a practice that produces the Old Believers’ communities as it is preconditioned by the specific attitude of Old Believers to Orthodox ritualism. This approach demonstrates that minute changes of the context result in a transformation of religious practices and, in turn, the social structure of the group. In particular, the paper discusses issues that are especially important to Yenisei Old Believers, such as the refusal to receive pension payments and blessing groceries with so-called ‘minor water’. Due to a close proximity to local towns and developed infrastructure, Southern Krasnoyarsk communities of Old Believers cannot maintain a fully sustainable and autonomous housekeeping; the opposite is true in Tuva. Thus, the former stay loyal to members of the community who receive pensions. They also actively practice the blessing of groceries, contrary to the Tuvan communities. Though they appeared in circ*mstances set beyond the control of Old Believers, variations in practices has led to ongoing debates and a reciprocal alienation of both territorial groups. The given examples show that the impact of the local economy ‘produces’ religious practices, which — in turn — reassemble the social groups around them.
Exchange. Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context. 2019. Vol. 48, № 2. P. 127-155.
In Search of the True Faith: the Appearance of Orthodox Old Believers in Uganda and Spiritual Anti-globalism in Contemporary Africa
2019 •
Dmitri Bondarenko
The present article, based on field evidence collected in 2017, deals with a very recent phenomenon-the Orthodox Old Believers in Uganda. This faith originated in Russia, however in Uganda all its adherents belong to African ethnic groups. We describe the short by now history and current state of the Old-Believer communities in Uganda and then concentrate on their members' motivation for converting to Old Believers vs. knowledge of this religion. We show that what brings them to Old Believers is the search for the true faith associated with the original and hence correct way of performing Christian rites. In this we see an intricate interplay of the features typical for authentic African cultures and acquired by them in the course of interaction with the wider world. Basing on our case study, we discuss how globalist and anti-globalist trends manifest themselves in the religious context in contemporary Africa.
Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice
Becoming Orthodox: the mystery and mastery of a Christian tradition (preprint)
2017 •
Vlad Naumescu
Naumescu, Vlad. 2017. "Becoming Orthodox: the mystery and mastery of a Christian tradition." In Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice, edited by Sonja Luehrmann, 29-53. Indiana University Press.
Naumescu, Vlad. 2013. Old Believers’ Passion Play: The Meaning of Doubt in an Orthodox Ritualist Movement. In Ethnographies of Doubt, edited by M. Pelkmans. London: I.B.Tauris. pp. 85-117.
Old Believers' Passion Play: The Meaning of Doubt in an Orthodox Ritualist Movement
2013 •
Vlad Naumescu
Eastern Christianities in Anthropological Perspective. C. Hann, H. Goltz (eds). Berkeley, Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2010
Avtobusniki: Russian Orthodox Pilgrims’ Longing for Authenticity
Jeanne Kormina
