Brian P Bennett

Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious studies and sociolinguistics, this book looks at Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It uses Slavonic in order to analyse a number of wider topics, including the renewal and factionalism of the Orthodox Church; the transformation of the Russian language; and the debates about protecting the nation from Western cults and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781138657267
• ISBN-10: 1138657263
• Artikelnr.: 44148902

Autorenporträt

Brian P. Bennett is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Niagara University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Religion
language
religious language 3. Az
buki
vedi: the ABC's of religious literacy 4. Translator
traitor? the debate over liturgical language 5. Logos: Slavonic letterforms and the graphic environment 6. From Marx and Lenin to Cyril and Methodius 7. Scripting Russian history: alphabet mysticism and conspiracy theory