"What if it is actually true?": Vissarion's followers from Eastern Europe and their path to the Last Testament Church community in Siberia
The Siberian community of Vissarion (Last Testament Church) is a new religious movement established at the beginning of 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among its members (estimated at several thousand), who come mainly from Russia and former Soviet republics, there is also a large gro...
| Auteur principal: | |
|---|---|
| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
University of Californiarnia Press
[2017]
|
| Dans: |
Nova religio
Année: 2017, Volume: 20, Numéro: 3, Pages: 74-100 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Vissarion 1961-
/ Kirche des Letzten Testaments
|
| RelBib Classification: | AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux KBK Europe de l'Est |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | The Siberian community of Vissarion (Last Testament Church) is a new religious movement established at the beginning of 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among its members (estimated at several thousand), who come mainly from Russia and former Soviet republics, there is also a large group of Vissarion’s followers from Eastern Europe. In this article, I present a general characteristic of the movement and four stories from adherents. I indicate common elements in their narratives of coming to and living in the community, such as belief in continuing spiritual development, the importance of living close to nature, the focus on feelings, and concern for future generations. I also point out a “generational shift” among members of the importance of the breakup of the Soviet Union and suggest the need for scholarly consideration of its decreasing significance for adherents of new religious movements in the post-socialist region. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1092-6690 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2017.20.3.74 |