Conversion after socialism : disruptions, modernisms and technologies of faith in the former Soviet Union / edited by Mathijs Pelkmans.

Other author Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Description208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Christianity--Russia (Federation).
Conversion.
Missions--Russia (Federation).

Contents Introduction: post-Soviet space and the unexpected turns of religious life / Mathijs Pelkmans -- Conversion to religion? : negotiating continuity and discontinuity in contemporary Altai / Ludek Broz -- Redefining Chukchi practices in contexts of conversion to Pentecostalism / Virginie Vaté -- Christianization of words and selves : Nenets reindeer herders joining the state through conversion / Laur Vallikivi -- Right singing and conversion to Orthodox Christianity in Estonia / Jeffers Engelhardt -- The civility and pragmatism of Charismatic Christianity in Lithuania / Gediminas Lankauskas -- Networks of faith in Kazakhstan / William Clark -- Temporary conversions : encounters with Pentecostalism in Muslim Kyrgyzstan / Mathijs Pelkmans -- Conversion and the mobile self : evangelicalism as 'travelling culture' / Catherine Wanner -- Postsocialism, postcolonialism, Pentecostalism / J.D.Y. Peel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009047660
ISBN9781845456177 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1845456173 (hardback : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BR933 .C66 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold