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Telling Estonian Stories

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Matthew Edminster
Matthew Edminster

An attempt to introduce the "Estonian story" - ie, the story Estonians tell about themselves - along with important "sub-plots".

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Telling Estonian Stories
Filling A Deafening Silence
Once you were not a nation Small Finno-Ugric people group Strategically valuable Baltic Sea ports Long history of foreign rule by neighboring superpowers 20 th C. Independence Won, Frustrated, Reaffirmed
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Dancing with Elephants Global Economic Influence What makes Estonia valuable/secure? Scando-European Influence Continental Identity / National Identity Pragmatic Secularism Europes Rising Star The Cold East Wind 20 th Centurys Greatest Political Tragedy Political Tension (Subversion?)
Stories from the Silence Ethnic Minorities From Gal 3:27-28 to Rom 1:12 Russian-Estonians or Russian Nationals? Partners in the Gospel Rural Realities Progressive Estonias Left Behind The Poor will always be with you The Widow, The Orphan The Macedonian Call of Rural Pastors
Whose Story Is It?
Alongside the Estonian Church
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  • 3. Once you were not a nation Small Finno-Ugric people group Strategically valuable Baltic Sea ports Long history of foreign rule by neighboring superpowers 20 th C. Independence Won, Frustrated, Reaffirmed
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  • 5. Dancing with Elephants Global Economic Influence What makes Estonia valuable/secure? Scando-European Influence Continental Identity / National Identity Pragmatic Secularism Europes Rising Star The Cold East Wind 20 th Centurys Greatest Political Tragedy Political Tension (Subversion?)
  • 6. Stories from the Silence Ethnic Minorities From Gal 3:27-28 to Rom 1:12 Russian-Estonians or Russian Nationals? Partners in the Gospel Rural Realities Progressive Estonias Left Behind The Poor will always be with you The Widow, The Orphan The Macedonian Call of Rural Pastors
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