Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation
Introduction. The paper introduces results of a research project aimed at investigating missionary activities of the Russian Orthodox Church across Inner Asia. Goals. The study seeks to analyze institutional religious structures of Mongolian society for distinguishing features of collective consciou...
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2022-12-01
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| author | Maria S. Alekseeva Timur B. Badmatsyrenov Svetlana V. Vasilieva |
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| description | Introduction. The paper introduces results of a research project aimed at investigating missionary activities of the Russian Orthodox Church across Inner Asia. Goals. The study seeks to analyze institutional religious structures of Mongolian society for distinguishing features of collective consciousness, the Orthodox Christian Mission be viewed as both an external vehicle of change and a recipient of influence. Materials and methods. When it comes to collect and explore primary sociological data, the article focuses on interviews with Orthodox Christian priests, monks, and laymen, since the method proves instrumental in analyzing events pertaining to the development of Orthodox Christian communities, construction of temples, and peculiarities inherent to everyday life of parishes — on the basis of eyewitness accounts and participant opinions. The method yields data on specificities of government-church relations throughout the process of legalizing Orthodox Christian parishes, makes it possible to assess actual levels of interaction between the clergy and Russian citizens, as well as representatives of other Asian countries during the whole period investigated. Conclusions. Insights into official statistical reports and media publications have supplemented the results of our sociological survey to show Orthodox Christianity is perceived as part of the Russian cultural model. The complicated structure of Mongolia’s Orthodox Christian community attests to that missionaries do face somewhat challenging conditions in their endeavors. Christianity is a noticeable and emerging institution in contemporary Mongolia, but its adherents are still a minority, the Orthodox Christians being a minority in minority. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71f795d71a0b4de1ad8bcbeb7c7eeb8a2023-02-08T07:50:26ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрМонголоведение2500-15232022-12-0114467068310.22162/2500-1523-2022-4-670-683Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious SituationMaria S. Alekseeva0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-9879 Timur B. Badmatsyrenov1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-9464Svetlana V. Vasilieva2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-0879Banzarov Buryat State UniversityBanzarov Buryat State UniversityBanzarov Buryat State UniversityIntroduction. The paper introduces results of a research project aimed at investigating missionary activities of the Russian Orthodox Church across Inner Asia. Goals. The study seeks to analyze institutional religious structures of Mongolian society for distinguishing features of collective consciousness, the Orthodox Christian Mission be viewed as both an external vehicle of change and a recipient of influence. Materials and methods. When it comes to collect and explore primary sociological data, the article focuses on interviews with Orthodox Christian priests, monks, and laymen, since the method proves instrumental in analyzing events pertaining to the development of Orthodox Christian communities, construction of temples, and peculiarities inherent to everyday life of parishes — on the basis of eyewitness accounts and participant opinions. The method yields data on specificities of government-church relations throughout the process of legalizing Orthodox Christian parishes, makes it possible to assess actual levels of interaction between the clergy and Russian citizens, as well as representatives of other Asian countries during the whole period investigated. Conclusions. Insights into official statistical reports and media publications have supplemented the results of our sociological survey to show Orthodox Christianity is perceived as part of the Russian cultural model. The complicated structure of Mongolia’s Orthodox Christian community attests to that missionaries do face somewhat challenging conditions in their endeavors. Christianity is a noticeable and emerging institution in contemporary Mongolia, but its adherents are still a minority, the Orthodox Christians being a minority in minority.http://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/1128mongoliamissionary activityouter missionreligious situationconfessional structurereligious identityrussian orthodox churchmoscow patriarchate |
| spellingShingle | Maria S. Alekseeva Timur B. Badmatsyrenov Svetlana V. Vasilieva Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation Монголоведение mongolia missionary activity outer mission religious situation confessional structure religious identity russian orthodox church moscow patriarchate |
| title | Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation |
| title_full | Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation |
| title_fullStr | Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation |
| title_short | Orthodox Christian Mission in Contemporary Mongolia: A Perspective from the Religious Situation |
| title_sort | orthodox christian mission in contemporary mongolia a perspective from the religious situation |
| topic | mongolia missionary activity outer mission religious situation confessional structure religious identity russian orthodox church moscow patriarchate |
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