Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre
This paper scrutinises the role of place and space in the process of Christian rehabilitation. This process is an interconnection of the rehabilitation of the addicted people and conversion to a particular kind of Christianity, working as an inseparable twofold process. The narrative of conversion i...
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description | This paper scrutinises the role of place and space in the process of Christian rehabilitation. This process is an interconnection of the rehabilitation of the addicted people and conversion to a particular kind of Christianity, working as an inseparable twofold process. The narrative of conversion in the rehabilitation ministry is impacted by the 150-year history of Russian Baptists, the rich sociocultural context of contemporary Russia, the junkie and prison context of the people in rehabs, and a very specific Russian Synodal translation of the Bible. I demonstrate the role of space in the implementation of rehab rules and discipline, Christian dogmatics, and construction of the Christian self. The organisation of space in the rehabs very much resembles prison, while also following the common dogmatic principles of the program. At the same time, rehabilitation is enforced by harsh conditions, a strict regime, and the idea of proper Christian family. |
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spelling | doaj-art-ba1f033901364b319415b03c86fb81a72025-02-02T16:52:33ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872016-03-01924158135Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab CentreIgor Mikeshin0University of HelsinkiThis paper scrutinises the role of place and space in the process of Christian rehabilitation. This process is an interconnection of the rehabilitation of the addicted people and conversion to a particular kind of Christianity, working as an inseparable twofold process. The narrative of conversion in the rehabilitation ministry is impacted by the 150-year history of Russian Baptists, the rich sociocultural context of contemporary Russia, the junkie and prison context of the people in rehabs, and a very specific Russian Synodal translation of the Bible. I demonstrate the role of space in the implementation of rehab rules and discipline, Christian dogmatics, and construction of the Christian self. The organisation of space in the rehabs very much resembles prison, while also following the common dogmatic principles of the program. At the same time, rehabilitation is enforced by harsh conditions, a strict regime, and the idea of proper Christian family.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/210conversionrehabilitationRussian Baptistsspace and placeChristian family |
spellingShingle | Igor Mikeshin Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics conversion rehabilitation Russian Baptists space and place Christian family |
title | Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre |
title_full | Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre |
title_fullStr | Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre |
title_full_unstemmed | Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre |
title_short | Decency, Humility, and Obedience: Spatial Discipline in the Baptist Rehab Centre |
title_sort | decency humility and obedience spatial discipline in the baptist rehab centre |
topic | conversion rehabilitation Russian Baptists space and place Christian family |
url | https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/210 |
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