Valeriya Gazizova
Biographic Data
| ID | 3774522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valeriya Gazizova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valeriya |
| FAMILY NAME | Gazizova |
| SIGNATURE | GAZIZOVA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo Norway [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New Buddhists, ‘Treasure’ Discoveries and (Re)constructed Protective Deities of Kalmykia
This article investigates how a number of Buddhist groups in Kalmykia, a republic in the southwest of Russia where Buddhism is historically practised by most of its titular population, try to create what they perceive as elements of the local form of Buddhism. Based on interviews with non-monastic Buddhist specialists, the article focuses on the introduction of the worship of two protective deities in several Kalmyk Buddhist centres. Central to t…
Accepting Divine Patronage: Kalmyk Folk Religious Specialists and Their Guardian Deities
Since the early 1990s, Kalmykia, in common with the other republics and ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union, has been going through a period of religious and cultural reconstruction after decades of the atheistic policy during the communist era. This article focuses on a modern Kalmyk category of religious specialists claiming to have received the patronage of 'guardian deities', mostly from the Buddhist pantheon, with the deity the White Ol…
Accepting Divine Patronage: Kalmyk Folk Religious Specialists and Their Guardian Deities
Since the early 1990s, Kalmykia, in common with the other republics and ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union, has been going through a period of religious and cultural reconstruction after decades of the atheistic policy during the communist era. This article focuses on a modern Kalmyk category of religious specialists claiming to have received the patronage of 'guardian deities', mostly from the Buddhist pantheon, with the deity the White Ol…
Accepting Divine Patronage: Kalmyk Folk Religious Specialists and Their Guardian Deities
Since the early 1990s, Kalmykia, in common with the other republics and ethnic groups of the former Soviet Union, has been going through a period of religious and cultural reconstruction after decades of the atheistic policy during the communist era. This article focuses on a modern Kalmyk category of religious specialists claiming to have received the patronage of 'guardian deities', mostly from the Buddhist pantheon, with the deity the White Ol…
New Buddhists, ‘Treasure’ Discoveries and (Re)constructed Protective Deities of Kalmykia
This article investigates how a number of Buddhist groups in Kalmykia, a republic in the southwest of Russia where Buddhism is historically practised by most of its titular population, try to create what they perceive as elements of the local form of Buddhism. Based on interviews with non-monastic Buddhist specialists, the article focuses on the introduction of the worship of two protective deities in several Kalmyk Buddhist centres. Central to t…
Buddhism (2 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)