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Between Heaven and Russia - Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia (Paperback)
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Between Heaven and Russia - Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia (Paperback)
Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
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How is religious conversion transforming American democracy? In one
corner of Appalachia, a group of American citizens has embraced the
Russian Orthodox Church and through it Putin's New Russia.
Historically a minority immigrant faith in the United States,
Russian Orthodoxy is attracting Americans who look to Russian
religion and politics for answers to Western secularism and the
loss of traditional family values in the face of accelerating
progressivism. This ethnography highlights an intentional community
of converts who are exemplary of much broader networks of Russian
Orthodox converts in the United States. These converts sought and
found a conservatism more authentic than Christian American
Republicanism and a nationalism unburdened by the broken promises
of American exceptionalism. Ultimately, both converts and the
Church that welcomes them deploy the subversive act of adopting the
ideals and faith of a foreign power for larger, transnational
political ends. Offering insights into this rarely considered
religious world, including its far-right political roots that
nourish the embrace of Putin's Russia, this ethnography shows how
religious conversion is tied to larger issues of social politics,
allegiance, (anti)democracy, and citizenship. These conversions
offer us a window onto both global politics and foreign affairs,
while also allowing us to see how particular U.S. communities are
grappling with social transformations in the twenty-first century.
With broad implications for our understanding of both conservative
Christianity and right-wing politics, as well as contemporary
Russian-American relations, this book provides insight in the
growing constellations of far-right conservatism. While Russian
Orthodox converts are more likely to form the moral minority rather
than the moral majority, they are an important gauge for
understanding the powerful philosophical shifts occurring in the
current political climate in the United States and what they might
mean for the future of American values, ideals, and democracy.
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