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Religioznye praktiki etnokonfessional’nykh grupp chuvashei

[Religious Practices among the Chuvash Ethnic-Religious Groups]

Type of publication: Research Article

About author(s)

Ekaterina Yagafova | yagafova@yandex.ru | Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities

Keywords

chuvash, religious practices, paganism, orthodox christianity, islam, syncretism, ethnic-religious groups

Abstract

The author examines religious practices among three ethnic-religious groups of the Chuvash (Orthodox Christians, pagans, and Muslims) from the standpoint of religious behavior of their members and the ways of interpreting religious norms that have developed in the course of syncretic blending of traditional beliefs and cults (Chuvash paganism) with Christianity and Islam.

Funding Information

This research was supported by the following institutions and grants:
Russian Foundation for Humanities, grant no. 14-01-00360

Citation

Yagafova, E.A. 2015. Religioznye praktiki etnokonfessional’nykh grupp chuvashei [Religious Practices among the Chuvash Ethnic-Religious Groups]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 5: 3-18

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