The revival of the Name-Glorifiers debate in post-Soviet Russia
Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy has witnessed a revival of a century old religious dispute over the veneration of the divine names (imiaslavie). Debate over the issue has raged on the internet and in print across both the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and non-canonical churches claimi...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Routledge
[2020]
|
| In: |
Religion, state & society
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 180-195 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Name of God
/ Veneration
|
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
imiaslavie
B Divine Names B onomatodoxy B Name Glorifiers |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy has witnessed a revival of a century old religious dispute over the veneration of the divine names (imiaslavie). Debate over the issue has raged on the internet and in print across both the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and non-canonical churches claiming to be the ‘true’ Orthodox. Yet unlike many issues in contemporary Russian Orthodoxy (monarchism, ecumenism, and so on), advocacy for and opposition to the veneration of the divine names divides both those within the Moscow Patriarchate and within dissenting groups. It also cuts unpredictably across the usual divide between ‘liberal’ or ‘progressive’ currents within the Church and ‘traditionalist’ or ‘fundamentalist’ currents. This contribution seeks to challenge binary interpretations of Russian Orthodoxy both from ‘within’ by those religious actors who seek to assert that one or another version of Orthodoxy is the ‘true’ one as well as from ‘without’ by observers who underestimate the complexity of diverse currents within it. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2020.1766931 |