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How Soviet is the Religious Revival in Georgia: Tactics in Everyday Religiosity

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  • Ketevan Gurchiani

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This article explores everyday religiosity in post-Soviet Georgia based on multi-sited fieldwork and applying a genealogical approach. It looks at the use of tactics in negotiations between priests and believers. The article sees negotiations, prevalent in domestic religiosity and embodied practices, as a continuation of everyday Soviet tactics, particularly informal networks (Blat) and moonlighting (Khaltura). To understand how negotiations lead to greater control and an increase in religiosity, the article explores important features of the Georgian Orthodox Church and its specific development. The article concludes that tactics in this specific context strengthen the more powerful and reproduce dependency.

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  • Ketevan Gurchiani, 2017. "How Soviet is the Religious Revival in Georgia: Tactics in Everyday Religiosity," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 69(3), pages 508-531, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:69:y:2017:i:3:p:508-531
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2017.1323324
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    1. Mgaloblishvili Anastasia, 2018. "Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia," TalTech Journal of European Studies, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 24-43, September.

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