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The Slavic-Orthodox Community in Azerbaijan: The Identity and Social Position of a Once-Dominant Minority
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Abstract Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community
in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat
to its continuity is not persecution nor pressure to assimilate, but an ageing ethnic-dem... view more
Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community
in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat
to its continuity is not persecution nor pressure to assimilate, but an ageing ethnic-demographic base which
is not going to be kept up to level by either natural replacement or new adherents. Orthodox Christianity
will nonetheless keep a presence in the country, yet its base of adherents will unavoidably become more heterogeneous.... view less
Classification
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Free Keywords
Azerbaijan; Slavic-Orthodox Community; Christianity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 2-8
Journal
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2016) 81
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0