Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGC; CF; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 430. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia: 26 (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415780632
ISBN 13: 9780415780636
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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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Brian P. Bennett is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Niagara University, USA.

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