Pandemic, homo somatis, and Transformations of the Russian Orthodox Ethos

The article examines the reactions within the Russian Orthodox Church to the coronavirus pandemic, especially its first year of 2020. Based on materials from the official institutions, press, religious and secular Internet portals, and online forums, the article systematizes the nature of the respon...

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Main Author: Agadžanjan, Aleksandr Sergeevič 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-55
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Reactionary politics / COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Countermeasures / Bodiliness
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBK Europe (East)
KDF Orthodox Church
NBK Soteriology
NCB Personal ethics
RC Liturgy
SE Church law; Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Communion
B late modern society
B Pandemic
B Russian Orthodox Church
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Summary:The article examines the reactions within the Russian Orthodox Church to the coronavirus pandemic, especially its first year of 2020. Based on materials from the official institutions, press, religious and secular Internet portals, and online forums, the article systematizes the nature of the responses of church leadership, priests, and laity to the unprecedented curtailment of liturgical practices and social interactions during the quarantine period. The extraordinary challenges of the period of the pandemic made evident some important trends in the rhetoric and practices of the Orthodox environment and reveal tensions that are rooted in the ambivalent relationship of religious culture with the key epistemes of late modern society.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.46586/er.12.2021.9655