Greening of new religion in Russia: Tibercule case study

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Соавторская статья опубликована в журнале Our natural environment: interdisciplinary interactions, proceedings, fourth international interdisciplinary conference on the environment. Eds. K. Hickey, D. Kantarelis. Baltimore. June 23-25, 1999. Vol. 1. No. 2. p. 202-214.The Tibercul case study explores how a religious cult, the "Commune of Vissarion", which considers natural disasters resulting from global climate change as a possible reality in the near future, is building an ecological community in South Siberia, Krasnoyarsky Region, Russia. This paper is a result of qualitative social research conducted in the field during October-November 1998. This paper explores ecological and ethical aspects of the communes' religious conception, the description of the settlement and peoples' way of life, ecological practices, relation to nature, gender roles, and health issues.Заголовки: Methods. Religius conception: ecological and ethical aspects. Brief description of the Econoosphere-settlement "Tiberkul". History. Living in nature. By their own words. Agricultural practices. Nutrition. Gender roles. Child development. Bulding the community. Connludion remarcs. Literature (6 references).