Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • A. The Situation of the Slavic Baptist Community: A Brief Outline
  • B. Goals and Tasks of the Research
  • C. Statement of the Thesis Argued in this Study
  • D. Focus and Boundaries of this Study
  • E. Brief Thesis Description
  • Chapter 1: Theoretical and Methodological Approach to Identity and Marginality and Its Application to the Slavic Baptist Community
  • A. The Theory of Hans Mol
  • B. Review of Other Literature
  • C. Discussion and Application
  • D. Some Explanatory Notes on Methodology
  • E. Specific Methodology for Attitudes SurveyChapter 2: Principles of Formation of the Main Groups within the Slavic Baptist Community and Their Description
  • A. The First-wave Immigrants
  • B. The Second-wave Immigrants
  • C. The Third-wave Immigrants
  • D. Networking among the Slavic Baptists
  • Chapter 3: Basic Attitudes to Ethnie and Religious Issues as Pointers to Identity and Marginality
  • A. The First-wave Immigrants
  • B. The First-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • C. The Second-wave Immigrants
  • D. The Second-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • E. The Third-wave ImmigrantsChapter 4: Objectification: The Image and Understanding of God in the Identification Process
  • A. The First-wave Immigrants
  • B. The First-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • C. The Second-wave Immigrants
  • D. The Second-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • E. The Third-wave Immigrants
  • Chapter 5: Ritual: Participation in Church Activities. As a Manifestation of Religiosity
  • A. The First-wave Immigrants
  • B. The First-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • C. The Second-wave Immigrants
  • D. The Second-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • E. The Third-wave ImmigrantsChapter 6: Identity and Marginality Unveiled through Commitment to the Ethnic Church
  • A. The First-wave Immigrants
  • B. The First-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • C. The Second-wave Immigrants
  • D. The Second-wave Immigrantsâ€? Children
  • E. The Third-wave Immigrants
  • Chapter 7: Identity and Marginality in the Light of Theory and Data
  • A. Examining the Theory Chosen
  • B. Implications for Dealing with Immigrant Communities
  • Appendix 1: Concise History of Russian Protestantism: The Origin of Religious Marginality
  • Introduction
  • Russian Orthodox Church and State: Preconditions of Evangelical MovementThe Forerunners of Evangelical Christianity: Khlysts, Doukhobors, Molokans
  • Period of Religious Tolerance
  • The Circumstances for the Rise of Russian Protestantism
  • Russian Evangelicals
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 2: Tables with Data from Interviews
  • Appendix 3: Interview of a First-wave Immigrantsâ€? Child
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index of Modern Authors