Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia / / ed. by Jarrett Zigon.

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 en...

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Part I. Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Multiple Moralities: Discourses, Practices, and Breakdowns in Post-Soviet Russia
  • CHAPTER 2 Exploring Russian Religiosity as a Source of Morality Today
  • Part II. Multiple Moralities
  • CHAPTER 3 Post-Soviet Orthodoxy in the Making: Strategies for Continuity Th inking among Russian Middle-aged School Teachers
  • CHAPTER 4 Th e Politics of Rightness: Social Justice among Russia’s Christian Communities
  • CHAPTER 5 An Ethos of Relatedness: Foreign Aid and Grassroots Charities in Two Orthodox Parishes in North-Western Russia
  • CHAPTER 6 “A Lot of Blood Is Unrevenged Here”: Moral Disintegration in Post-War Chechnya
  • CHAPTER 7 Morality, Utopia, Discipline: New Religious Movements and Soviet Culture
  • CHAPTER 8 Constructing Moralities around the Tsarist Family
  • CHAPTER 9 St. Xenia as a Patron of Female Social Suff ering: An Essay on Anthropological Hagiology
  • CHAPTER 10 Built with Gold or Tears? Moral Discourses on Church Construction and the Role of Entrepreneurial Donations
  • AFTERWORD Multiple Moralities, Multiple Secularisms
  • Notes on Contributors Notes on Contributors
  • Index