Innokentii Veniaminov and the Expansion of Orthodoxy in Russian America

Nordlander, David J.

doi:10.2307/3640333

Pacific Historical Review

1995

DOI: 10.2307/3640333

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Innokentii Veniaminov and the Expansion of Orthodoxy in Russian America

David J. Nordlander¹

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“The Pathway into the Kingdom of Heaven”

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The Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska can be understood in terms of liberative mis sion. The article shows how the missionaries succeeded in allowing Christianity to become indigenized in native Alaskan cultures, rather than attempting to make the indigenous peoples Russian. It did this through an attention to the narratives, religious and otherwise, of the Alaskan peoples and by allowing these narratives to address and be addressed by the Christian narrative. Current anthropological research points to the depth of the roots of this indigenization, and how it helped in the identity for mation of the native peoples especially after the sale of Alaska to the United States when their identity was under severe external threat. The Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska provides a good historical case study of how the gospel can be indigenized in a way that empowers people and suggests a tradition available to Orthodox churches today as they seek to become more mission-minded. Abstract© K O N IN K L IJK E BR IL L NV, L E ID E N , 2 0 1 S | D O I 1 0 . 1 1 6 3 /1 5 7 3 3 8 3 1 -1 2 3 4 1 3 7 8

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Building a Diocese Overseas: The Orthodox Church in Partnership with the Russian-American Company in Alaska

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SUMMARY: В настоящей статье рассматриваются деятельность и письменное наследие Иннокентия (Веньяминова, 1797–1879) в свете сложных отношений и противоречий между миссионерами Русской Православной Церкви и Российско-Американской компанией. Автор пытается показать, как эти сложности влияли на колониальную политику по отношению к коренному населению российской Аляски. Церковь и компания преследовали разные цели по отношению к коренным народам Аляски, однако их интересы пересекались. В статье эти пересечения рассмотрены в контексте деятельности Американской епархии, основанной в 1840–х гг., когда ее возглавил епископ Иннокентий. В отличие от других миссионеров, Иннокентий продуктивно сотрудничал с чиновниками компании, что способствовало успешной христианизации не только алеутов и алутик, но даже тлинкитов. С точки зрения российской колониальной политики цель христианизации виделась как формирование из коренных народов Аляски послушных подданных Российской империи, однако результатом деятельности миссионеров стало “индигенизированное” местными общинами православие.

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Innokentii Veniaminov and the Expansion of Orthodoxy in Russian America

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“The Pathway into the Kingdom of Heaven”

“The Pathway into the Kingdom of Heaven”

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