Conversion after socialism : disruptions, modernisms and technologies of faith in the former Soviet Union /: disruptions, modernisms and technologies of faith in the former Soviet Union. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mathijs Pelkmans.
• Other Names: Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 266.00947/09049; Christianity -- Russia (Federation); Conversion; Missions -- Russia (Federation); Social Science; Religion; RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions; RELIGION -- General; Christianity; Conversion; Missions; Russia (Federation); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845459628; 1845459628
• Related ISBNs: 9781845456177; 1845456173
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.