.... KEYWORDS: legitimation, gender, Russia, Eastern Europe, new religious movements, New Age, International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Krishna, Vedic Wisdom 6 Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Volume 24, Issue 3, pages 6 35. ISSN 1092-6690 (print), 1541-8480...

..., there is also a large group of Vissarion’s followers from Eastern Europe. In this article, I present a general characteristic of the movement and four stories from adherents. I indicate common elements in their narratives of coming to and living in the community, such as belief in continuing spiritual...

...Milda Ališauskienė The introduction to this special issue on new religions in Eastern Europe provides a historical background on the place of new religious movements in the region during the Soviet and post-Soviet era. This includes the varieties of new and alternative religions active...