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Šiuolaikinio religingumo visariono judėjimo pasekėjų vieningos šeimos samprata
Conception of United Family by the Followers of the Modern Religiousness Vissarion Movement

Author(s): Rasa Pranskevičiūtė
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Community; United Family; alternative society; the Old World; natural family; believer; man; woman.

Summary/Abstract: Modern religiousness of the Vissarion movement (or the Last Testament Church, the United Faith Community, the sect of Vissarion) originated in South Russia, Krasnoyarsk region, Sayan mountains base and is spreading through Eastern and Central Europe an countries to the West. The community of the Vissarion followers has been formed in Siberia, South Russia. The paper analyses the concept of the United Family as a formation of an alternative (possibly utopian) society of the Vissarion movement; its distingquisting features, the concept, structure and the phenomenon of the community and the United Family; idealization of the images and roles of the members of the community, rejection of money based relations; the relation of this Siberian community with the Old World have been identified.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1(17)
  • Page Range: 28-34
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian