Languages of Islam and Christianity in post-Soviet Russia / / by Gulnaz Sibgatullina.

• Superior document: Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics ; Volume 46
• VerfasserIn: Sibgatullina, Gulnaz,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; Volume 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In her book, Gulnaz Sibgatullina examines the intricate relationship of religion, identity and language-related beliefs against the background of socio-political changes in post-Soviet Russia. Focusing on the Russian and Tatar languages, she explores how they simultaneously serve the needs of both M...

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables and Figures
• Abbreviations
• Notes on Translation and Transliteration
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Earlier Work on the Religious Language and Some Gaps in the Research on the Sociology of Language and Religion
• 1.2 Languages across Faith Communities
• 1.3 Research Questions
• 1.4 Defining Religious Language
• 1.5 The Structure of This Book
• 1.6 Outline of Chapters
• 2 Mapping the Discourse on Religion in Russia
• 2.1 Official Religious Institutions Vis-à-Vis the State
• 2.2 The Many Faces of Russia’s Orthodox Christianity
• 2.3 Competing Definitions of the Tatar Islam
• 2.4 Conclusion The Russian Language of Islam
• 3 Translating Islam into the Language of the Russian State and the ROC
• 3.1 Data and Method
• 3.2 Lexical Aspects
• 3.3 Textual Structures
• 3.4 Conclusion
• 4 Discursive Strategies in Conversion Narratives of Russian Muslims
• 4.1 Conversion to Islam in the Post-Soviet Period
• 4.2 Discursive Strategies in Conversion Narratives
• 4.3 Conclusion
• 5 Envisioning a Russian(-Speaking) Umma
• 5.1 Ali Viacheslav Polosin: Biography and Conversion
• 5.2 Islam as a Liberal State Ideology (2000-2006)
• 5.3 The Path of Moderation (2007-2015)
• 5.4 Defining the “Right” Muslims (2016-Present)
• 5.5 Conclusion The Tatar Language of Christianity
• 6 Daniil Sysoev: Mission and Martyrdom
• 6.1 The Making of a Saint
• 6.2 Uranopolitism versus Patriotism
• 6.3 Evangelism among Muslims
• 6.4 Conclusion
• 7 From Religious to Ethnic Minority: Discourses on Kräshens
• 7.1 Constructing the Other: Imperial and Soviet Policies
• 7.2 Kräshen Ethnic Identity in the Post-Soviet Period
• 7.3 Alternative Christianity
• 7.4 Conclusion
• 8 Battle of the Books: Tatar Translations of the New Testament
• 8.1 Translation Projects
• 8.2 Translation Strategies
• 8.3 Non-Orthodox Christian Communities Using Tatar
• 8.4 Conclusion
• 9 Conclusions
• 9.1 Convergence in the “Traditionalism” Box
• 9.2 Language as a Mirror
• 9.3 Toward a Painful Merger
• 9.4 Language, Religion and Translation: Negotiating the Difference
• Bibliography
• Index.