Abstract
The communication practices are important part of many New Religious Movements. This article is about such narratives ("epistles" as texts "sent from Above"), their circulation into modern religious movement Ak-Ja? in the Altai Republic and their anthropological interpretation. These epistles are the source of understanding indigenous "philosophy" which is considered by movement's participants as alternative knowledge having a bilingual background (Altai and Russian). First of all I write about local level of this life. At the same time I show the way of the texts from local to regional level as a dialog between local community and regional power.
Translated title of the contribution | Altai "Epistles": Birth and life of narratives in the Ak-Ja{eng} religious movement |
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Original language | French |
Journal | Etudes Mongoles et Siberiennes, Centrasiatiques et Tibetaines |
Volume | 45 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Altai
- Altai-kiji
- Buddhism
- Burkhanism
- Changing
- Ethnic minorities
- Millenarianism
- Religion
- Writtings