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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2025. Vol 53

Lutheran Hymnals as a Reflection of Confessional Identity

Author(s)

D. A. Shkurlyateva1

1 Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Abstract
This article is about the collective religious identity of Lutherans – liturgical Protestants with a rich musical culture. The study is based on the concept of competing religious discourses formulated by the Russian religious scholar Anatoly Pogasy. Two competing religious discourses emerged in the 16th century, i. e. Lutheran and Reformed (Zwinglian, Calvinistic). The issue is actual because the dialectical interaction of these discourses continues to this day. Hymnals as part of the cultural code of a religious community have a rich semiosis. The main method of this research was a comparative analysis of Lutheran hymnals and hymnals of other Protestant communities. Attention is given to the controversy between Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt regarding the reform of worship. It has been determined that the concept of adiaphora is key to Lutheran musical and liturgical discourse. Lutherans make a free, conscious choice to preserve the historic liturgical system: worship practice, system of church books, liturgical calendar. The main markers of Lutheran musical and liturgical identity are: the very fact of the existence of a hymnal, its structure, Gregorian chants, instrumental accompaniment, and dogmatic depth. A definition of a Lutheran hymn in the broad and narrow senses of the word is formulated.
About the Authors
Shkurlyateva Darya Andreevna, Graduate Student, Faculty of Philosophy, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University b. 1, 18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation, Executive editor of diocesian publications of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, Cantor of the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Vyborg e-mail: lutheran-music@yandex.ru
For citation
Shkurlyateva D.A. Lutheran Hymnals as a Reflection of Confessional Identity. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2025, vol. 53, pp. 10-117. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.53.105 (in Russian)
Keywords
religious identity, confessional identity, competing religious discourses, Lutheranism, Lutheran music, liturgical protestants, hymnal.
UDC
245
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.53.105
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