{"id":9776,"date":"2018-09-05T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9776"},"modified":"2018-09-05T08:14:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:14:20","slug":"rodnoverie-a-quick-history-of-russian-pagan-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9776","title":{"rendered":"Rodnoverie: A Quick History of Russian Pagan Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaarina Aitamurto, a Finnish scholar who has studied the Russian Pagan revival extensively, has written a short history of the Rodnoverie<\/em> movement(s) and their founders and exponents for the World Religions and Spirituality <\/em>websit<\/a>e. (Think of it as an online scholarly encyclopedia.)<\/p>\n

In the 2000s, the Rodnoverie movement grew rapidly due to the Internet. In Russia, the Rodnoverie was among the first religions to seize the opportunities of the online space. Small communities created sites and displayed photographs of their festivals online. The availability of footage of rituals also created some uniformity in the ideas of what Rodnoverie festivals should be like. Individuals in remote parts of the country could participate in online discussions and seek likeminded people in their areas. In these discussions, many revealed that they had thought that they were the only ones adhering to the pre-Christian faith and expressed their enthusiasm to find these online and offline communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rodnoverie was the subject of her PhD research, and she lists her publications on her University of Helsinki website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kaarina Aitamurto, a Finnish scholar who has studied the Russian Pagan revival extensively, has written a short history of the Rodnoverie movement(s) and their founders and exponents for the World Religions and Spirituality website. (Think of it as an online scholarly encyclopedia.) In the 2000s, the Rodnoverie movement grew rapidly due to the Internet. 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