CRCC Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative

Center for the Study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Russia

Co-Principal Investigators: Alexander Panchenko, EUSP (Nongovermental Educational Institution, Institute for Professional Training - European University at St. Petersburg)
Patrick Plattet (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
Regional Focus: Former Soviet Union (Russia)

The international Center for the Study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Russia focuses on the anthropological study of contemporary Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity in various regions of the Russian Federation. The research agenda of the Center includes issues of globalization and indigenization, processes of creating and shattering “meaningful universes” in Pentecostal communities in Russia, and their modes of ritualization along with social and religious contexts and consequences of their activities. Situated at the EUSP (Russia), the Center assembled 16 participating Senior and Junior Investigators from Russia, USA, Ireland, U.K., France, and Estonia. Together, the Investigators participate in 7 projects and will carry out extensive fieldwork in multiple areas of the former Soviet Union. All appropriate field materials collected by the participants of the project are stored in the digital archives of the Center. The research work has been coordinated through 3 workshops and a seminar series and disseminated by means of conference presentations, online and printed publications. The general scope of the research is of great value for experts investigating the fields of religious interactions, cultural and religious transmission, economic and social cooperation and the relationship between religious movements and political and social institutions.