Title: Greening of new religions in Russia: Tibercule case study

Authors: Maria Tysiachniouk, Antonina Kuliasova, Ivan Kuliasov

Addresses: Center for Independent Social Research and Smolny College of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. ' Center for Independent Social Research and Smolny College of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. ' Center for Independent Social Research and Smolny College of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: The Tibercule case study explores how a religious cult, the ||Commune of Vissarion||, which considers natural disasters resulting from global climate change as a possible reality in the near future, is building an ecological community in South Siberia, Krasnoyarsky Region, Russia. This paper is a result of qualitative social research conducted in the field during October-November 1998. This paper explores ecological and ethical aspects of the communes| religious conception, the description of the settlement and peoples| way of life, ecological practices, relation to nature, gender roles, and health issues.

Keywords: greening; new religions; Russia; religious cults; ecological communities; ethics; religious communes; commune way of life; ecological practices; relation to nature; gender roles; health issues; environmental practices.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.1999.053854

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 1999 Vol.1 No.2, pp.202 - 214

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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