Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska: A History, Inventory, and Analysis of the Church Archives in Alaska with an Annotated Bibliography

Polchaninoff, R.; Smith, Barbara S.

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“…The content of these works generally followed a similar construction, focusing on the hierarchical structure of the various ethnically identified jurisdictions, reinforcing an almanac style of documentation (Stanoyevich, 1921). Ukrainian‐American civic organizer Yaroslav Chyz's 1939 text on Ukrainian immigrants to the United States is an excellent example of encyclopaedical style, as is Barbara Sweetland Smith's 1980 historical inventory of Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska (Chyz, 1939; Sweetland Smith, 1980). Even Theodore Saloutos's 1964 important The Greeks in United States , which traces the historical immigration of Greek populations in narrative form, also utilizes a highly detailed system that emphasizes dates and names with very little focus on Orthodox religiosity (Saloutos, 1964) Not surprisingly, much of that encyclopedic impulse remains today, where we see U.S Orthodoxy included in handbooks, textbooks, and encyclopedias of religion, while rarely being the focus of a major monograph (Atwood, 2010; McGuckin, ed.…”

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Orthodox Christianity in the United States: A challenge for the study of American religion

Riccardi‐Swartz

2023

Religion Compass

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Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including theology), Orthodoxy has received minimal research and interest. The broad omission of Orthodoxy from the history of American religions pushes a question to the fore: Why are some forms of Christianity at the very edge of our academic topography?This article explores existing literature on Orthodox Christianity in the United States, looking at issues between emic and etic studies, notions of Eastern Christian alterity, and the rise in new research at the intersection of contemporary social issues, Orthodox theology, and religious practice. In doing so, this article draws out how Orthodoxy provides rich American religious histories tied to global politics, immigration, and nationalism, while also prompting us to reconfigure how we study religion in the United States.

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confidence: 99%