Etnokonfesiniai Santykiai Pietryčių Lietuvoje Istorinės Antropologijos Aspektu
Ethnic-Religious Relations In Southeastern Lithuania From The Perspective Of Historical Anthropology

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses ethnic-religious relations in Southeastern Lithuania from the angle of identity. What relations do various ethnicreligious groups establish with respect to each other? How do they distinguish between own and other? The ethnographic material collected demonstrates that the criterion of religion is relevant in differentiating between own and alien communities. Typologically, this may be paralleled to the pre-modern society: the data from the second half of the 19th century testifies that it is religion rather than language that has been the central factor in self-identification with one or another group, at least within the stratum of the peasantry.

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