Religion, customs and local identity: bi-spirituality in rural Ukraine
Identity is a complicated matter in the religiously diverse Ukraine. Based on long-term anthropological fieldwork carried out in a village in Odessa province, I explore the association between spirituality and identity. The focus is on the relationship between institutionalised religion (namely the...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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[2018]
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Religion, state & society
Ano: 2018, Volume: 46, Número: 2, Páginas: 139-155 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Ukraine
/ Igreja ortodoxa
/ Búlgaros
/ Tradições e costumes
/ Religião popular
/ Identidade religiosa
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
rural Ukraine
B Customs B Ethnic minorities B bi-spirituality B Religião B Identity |
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| Resumo: | Identity is a complicated matter in the religiously diverse Ukraine. Based on long-term anthropological fieldwork carried out in a village in Odessa province, I explore the association between spirituality and identity. The focus is on the relationship between institutionalised religion (namely the Orthodox Church and the priest as its representative) and local customs (attributed to the Bulgarian heritage of the population). The distinction between customs' and religion' - an emic one to which both villagers and their priest subscribe - divides their spiritual loyalties and often creates tensions in the community. Such tensions, I suggest, are not a threat to community integrity as much as a means by which collective identity is managed. Bi-spirituality provides a means of belonging, contributing to the community's ethnic minority status in an emerging Ukrainian nation-state. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2018.1459011 |