Beschreibung:
This volume breaks new ground by focusing on charismatic Orthodox and Islamic missionaries in Russia who bypass the hierarchies of their respective faith organizations, and who give new meanings to the well-known catchwords of Russia's identity discourse. Originally published as a special issue of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations.
1. Russia's Islam and Orthodoxy beyond the Institutions: Languages of Conversion, Competition and Convergence 2. Nationalism and Religion in the Discourse of Russia's 'Critical Experts of Islam' 3. Daniil Sysoev: Mission and Martyrdom 4. The Language of Moderate Salafism in Eastern Tatarstan 5. Jihad as Passionarity: Said Buriatskii and Lev Gumilev 6. Between Salafism and Eurasianism: Geidar Dzhemal and the Global Islamic Revolution in Russia