Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church
This contribution analyses the discursive strategies exercised by Russia's state-appointed Islamic authorities. It draws on a linguistic corpus that consists of speeches and sermons by Mufti Ravil' Gainutdin, the head of a major Muslim Spiritual Directorate in Moscow. A multi-levelled anal...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2019, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 234-247 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gajnutdin, Ravilʹ 1959-
/ Russia
/ Islam
/ Mufti
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Interfaith dialogue
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| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic authorities
B Russian Orthodox Church B Ravil' Gainutdin B Russian language of Islam |
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| Summary: | This contribution analyses the discursive strategies exercised by Russia's state-appointed Islamic authorities. It draws on a linguistic corpus that consists of speeches and sermons by Mufti Ravil' Gainutdin, the head of a major Muslim Spiritual Directorate in Moscow. A multi-levelled analysis shows that the mufti's lexical and rhetorical choices correspond to the discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church elites. This affinity is a discursive strategy that allows Gainutdin to position himself as the authoritative leader of Russia's Islamic community and to construct Islam as Russia's 'familiar' and 'traditional' religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2018.1562775 |