{"product_id":"between-heaven-and-russia-religious-conversion-and-political-apostasy-in-appalachia-hardback-9780823299492","title":"Between Heaven and Russia; Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia (Hardback) 9780823299492","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween Heaven and Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReligious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Riccardi-Swartz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823299492\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 9 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.612 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is religious conversion transforming American democracy? In one corner of Appalachia, a group of American citizens has embraced the Russian Orthodox Church and through it Putin's New Russia. Historically a minority immigrant faith in the United States, Russian Orthodoxy is attracting Americans who look to Russian religion and politics for answers to Western secularism and the loss of traditional family values in the face of accelerating progressivism. This ethnography highlights an intentional community of converts who are exemplary of much broader networks of Russian Orthodox converts in the United States. These converts sought and found a conservatism more authentic than Christian American Republicanism and a nationalism unburdened by the broken promises of American exceptionalism. Ultimately, both converts and the Church that welcomes them deploy the subversive act of adopting the ideals and faith of a foreign power for larger, transnational political ends.\u003cbr\u003e Offering insights into this rarely considered religious world, including its far-right political roots that nourish the embrace of Putin's Russia, this ethnography shows how religious conversion is tied to larger issues of social politics, allegiance, (anti)democracy, and citizenship. These conversions offer us a window onto both global politics and foreign affairs, while also allowing us to see how particular U.S. communities are grappling with social transformations in the twenty-first century. With broad implications for our understanding of both conservative Christianity and right-wing politics, as well as contemporary Russian–American relations, this book provides insight in the growing constellations of far-right conservatism. While Russian Orthodox converts are more likely to form the moral minority rather than the moral majority, they are an important gauge for understanding the powerful philosophical shifts occurring in the current political climate in the United States and what they might mean for the future of American values, ideals, and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations and Terms\u003c\/i\u003e   xv\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e East of Appalachia: The New Russian Turn in American Christianity   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eForeign Faith in a Foreign Land: A Discursive History of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States   23\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eChurch of God: Traditionalism, Authenticity, and Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in Appalachia   37\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eAmerica the Beautiful: Of Guns, God, and Vodka   64\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003ePort of the Tsar: Material Monarchism and the End of Days   82\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003ePalace of Putin: Political Ideologies in Orthodox Appalachia   107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 \u003c\/b\u003eA People Set Apart: Intra-Community Politics and Regionalism   135\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 \u003c\/b\u003eThe \"Holler Feast\": Spiritual Geographies and Temporalities   161\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/b\u003e In Soviet America, Russia Converts You!   179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/i\u003e  185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorks Cited \u003c\/i\u003e  249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  275\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580467474712,"sku":"9780823299492","price":66.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-heaven-and-russia-religious-conversion-and-political-apostasy-in-appalachia-hardback-9780823299492","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}