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Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia (Paperback)
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Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
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Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has
experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious
studies and sociolinguistics, this is the first book devoted to
Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It is not a narrow
study in linguistics, but uses Slavonic as a passkey into various
wider topics, including the renewal and factionalism of the
Orthodox Church; the transformation of the Russian language; and
the debates about protecting the nation from Western cults and
culture. It considers both official and popular forms of Orthodox
Christianity, as well as Russia's esoteric and neo-pagan
traditions. Ranging over such diverse areas as liturgy, pedagogy,
typography, mythology, and conspiracy theory, the book illuminates
the complex interrelationship between language and faith in
post-communist society, and shows how Slavonic has performed
important symbolic work during a momentous chapter in Russian
history. It is of great interest to scholars of sociolinguistics
and of religion, as well as to Russian studies specialists.
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