Riccardi-Swartz Between Heaven and Russia

Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-8232-9952-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Appalachia, this book examines conversion to Russian Orthodoxy and political alignment with Russian conservative politics by contemporary rural American citizens.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riccardi-Swartz, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

List of Abbreviations and Terms xv

Introduction: East of Appalachia: The New Russian Turn in American Christianity 1

1 Foreign Faith in a Foreign Land: A Discursive History of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States 23

2 Church of God: Traditionalism, Authenticity, and Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in Appalachia 37

3 America the Beautiful: Of Guns, God, and Vodka 64

4 Port of the Tsar: Material Monarchism and the End of Days 82

5 Palace of Putin: Political Ideologies in Orthodox Appalachia 107

6 A People Set Apart: Intra-Community Politics and Regionalism 135

7 The “Holler Feast”: Spiritual Geographies and Temporalities 161

Conclusion: In Soviet America, Russia Converts You! 179

Epilogue 185

Acknowledgments 195

Notes 199

Works Cited 249

Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

Riccardi-Swartz Sarah:
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Luce-funded Recovering Truth: Religion, Journalism, and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era project, at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.Sarah Riccardi-Swartz is a postdoctoral fellow in the Luce-funded Recovering Truth: Religion, Journalism, and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era project, at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.