Activities of non-traditional religions in Tuva

Authors

  • Marina V. Mongush D. S. Likhachev Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage

Keywords:

Siberia; Tuva; non-traditional religions; confessional situation; protestant communities; the South Korean church; Jehovah Witnesses; missionaries; confessional identity

Abstract

The article deals with the activities of non-traditional   religions in Tuva: the South Korean church of Christians of belief of evangelical "Sun Bok Ym", a community of Witnesses of Jehovah, a missionary society "Christian" and  some other religious movements which were widely adopted in republic after disintegration of Soviet Union in 1991.

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Published

28.02.2012

How to Cite

Mongush, M. V. (2012) “Activities of non-traditional religions in Tuva”, The New Research of Tuva, 1. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/353 (Accessed: 19.05.2024).

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Author Biography

Marina V. Mongush, D. S. Likhachev Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage

Doctor of History, Chief Research.

Honored worker of  General Education of the Russian Federation, Honored worker of Science of the Republic of  Tuva.

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