Stasulane Anita
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Front Sociol. 2021 Mar 29;6:641622. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.641622. eCollection 2021.
The paper explores the relationship between the religious identity and the ethnic and national identities of Old Believer youth in Latvia. This case is of particular interest in providing an in-depth insight into the intersection of ethnicity, nationality and religion, as the Old Believers are an ethnic and religious minority living in Latvia. Applying the concepts of multiple identities, this article explores the role of religion played in the integration of identity among young people belonging to the Old Believer religious community: their self-understanding as a composition of intersecting identities that influence each other; the manifestations of the intersection of various identities; the relationship of identity integration to religion. The analysis is based on the findings of ethnographic research conducted in the Old Believer youth group in Daugavpils (Latvia) within a framework of the international project "Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe's Future", funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement No. 770464. The author has highlighted that today's rapid changes are leading to identity crisis: an individual faces difficulty in shaping and maintaining a stable identity, since economic life is becoming increasingly unpredictable and communities are becoming fragmented. The identity of Latvian Old Believer youth forms and develops in a local cultural context, and is affected by the social change. The qualitative data collected during the fieldwork provided a useful resource for an analysis of belonging, the crucial factor in the formation of identity for Old Believer youth. As the voices of young people in this study reveal, three types of belonging characterize Old Believer youth: their ethnicity, which interacts with national belonging in a complex way; the local belonging, which is stronger than the global one; the European belonging, which conflicts with national belonging and ethnicity.
本文探讨了拉脱维亚旧礼仪派青年的宗教身份与民族和国家身份之间的关系。由于旧礼仪派是生活在拉脱维亚的一个少数民族和宗教群体，这一案例对于深入洞察种族、民族和宗教的交叉点尤为重要。本文运用多重身份的概念，探讨了宗教在属于旧礼仪派宗教社区的年轻人身份整合中所起的作用：他们将自我理解为相互影响的交叉身份的组合；各种身份交叉的表现形式；身份整合与宗教的关系。该分析基于在国际项目“欧洲未来的文化遗产与身份”框架下，于拉脱维亚陶格夫匹尔斯的旧礼仪派青年群体中开展的民族志研究结果，该项目由欧盟“地平线2020”研究与创新计划资助，资助协议编号为770464。作者强调，当今的快速变化正导致身份危机：由于经济生活变得越来越不可预测，社区也日益碎片化，个人在塑造和维持稳定身份方面面临困难。拉脱维亚旧礼仪派青年的身份在当地文化背景中形成和发展，并受到社会变革的影响。实地调查期间收集的定性数据为分析归属感提供了有用资源，归属感是旧礼仪派青年身份形成的关键因素。正如本研究中年轻人的声音所揭示的，旧礼仪派青年的归属感有三种类型：他们的种族，以复杂的方式与国家归属感相互作用；地方归属感，比全球归属感更强；欧洲归属感，与国家归属感和种族相冲突。
