Multiple moralities and religions in post-Soviet Russia / / edited by Jarrett Zigon

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.60947
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology of religion - Russia (Federation); Social ethics - Russia (Federation); Social values - Russia (Federation); Post-communism - Russia (Federation)
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) Religious life and customs; Russia (Federation) Social conditions; Russia (Federation) Moral conditions
• Altri autori: ZigonJarrett
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Multiple moralities: discourse, pratices, and breakdowns in post-Soviet Russia / Jarrett Zigon -- Exploring Russian religiosity as a source of morality today / Alexander Agadjanian -- Post-Soviet orthodoxy in the making: strategies for continuity thinking among Russian middle-aged school teachers / Agata Ladykowska -- The politics of rightness: social justice among Russia's christian communities / Melissa L. Caldwell -- An ethos of relatedness: foreign aid and grassroots charities in two orthodox parishes in North-Western Russia / Detelina Tocheva -- "A lot of blood is unrevenged here": moral disintegration in post-war Chechnya / Ieva Raubisko -- Morality, utopia, discipline: new religious movements and Soviet culture / Alexander A. Panchenko -- Constructing moralities around the Tsarist family / Kathy Rousselet -- St. Xenia as a patron of female social suffrage: an essay on anthropological hagiology / Jeanne Kormina and Sergey Shtyrkov -- Built with gold or tears? Moral discourses on church construction and the role of entrepreneurial donations / Tobias Köllner.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the post-Soviet period morality became a debatable concept, open to a multitude of expressions and performances. From Russian Orthodoxy to Islam, from shamanism to Protestantism, religions of various kinds provided some of the first possible alternative moral discourses and practices after the end of the Soviet system. This influence remains strong today. Within the Russian context, religion and morality intersect in such social domains as the relief of social suffering, the interpretation of history, the construction and reconstruction of traditions, individual and social health, and bu
• Titolo autorizzato: Multiple moralities and religions in post-Soviet Russia
• ISBN: 1-78238-053-1; 1-78238-054-X; 0-85745-210-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818264603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II