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.
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.
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz is Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Northeastern University, where she is also an affiliate faculty member in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her research focuses on politics, race, media gender and sexuality, and Orthodox Christianity. She is the author of Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Authority in Appalachia.
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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
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
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