Religion as An Instrument of Culture Change
The Problem of the Sects in the Soviet Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4214522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ethel, Ethel Ethel, Stephen P Dunn (0000-0002-5677-0827) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-478 |
| Publication date | 1964-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2492684 |
| OpenAlex | W2335137925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Russian Old Believer and sectarian movement, as it appears in history, can be thought of, in anthropological terms, as a nativistic movement: that is, a movement of resistance to outside (in this case Western) cultural influence, and a reaffirmation and renewal of the native culture. In this sense, the movement comprised Old Believers, with or without priests, and an assemblage of sects of indigenous origin-Dukhobors, Subbotniki, Molokans, Skoptsy, and others. During the first period of its existence, the Old Believer and sectarian movement, besides being a nativistic movement, was at the same time a focus of resistance to the regime, as any form of religious dissidence must be under an essentially theocratic state
Aesthetics · Indigenous · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Soviet union · State (computer science · Theocracy · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Soviet and Russian History · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1965 - 1967 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |