Environmental aspects of Religious Beliefs and Ritual Practices of the rural Population of Siberia (the 1920s. - Beginning of XXI Century)
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Galina Lyubimova [1]
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[1] Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
Rusia
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- Localización: The Soviet and post-Soviet Review, ISSN 1075-1262, Vol. 43, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 98-138
- Idioma: inglés
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- Ékologicheskie aspekty religioznyj vozzrenii i obriadovyx praktik sel'skogo naseleniia Cibiri (1920-е gg. - nachalo XXI v.)
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Resumen
Radical changes in the structure of rural population of Siberia became the result of transformation of peasant economic and ecological traditions in the XX century. Modern villagers, mainly engaged in the problems of survival, perceive environmental problems as something unrelated to them. However, the valuable relation to the natural environment is now a subject of reflection not only in traditional for Siberia Christian denominations, but also in the new religious movements. Being a response to the ecological utilitarianism which prevailed in the policies of the Soviet state since the 1930s, as well as to present-day worsening environmental problems, the mainstreaming environmental discourse in religious life of rural population is currently taking place. Based on the author’s field materials, archival documents and local periodicals the paper discusses the environmental aspects of religious beliefs and ritual practices of different groups of rural population of Siberia in Soviet and post-Soviet period.
