Communicating Religion And Atheism In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110547085

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Communicating Religion and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe by Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster Pdf

This book brings together case studies dealing with historical as well as recent phenomena in former socialist nations, which testify the transfer of knowledge about religion and atheism. The material is connected on a semantic level by the presence of a historical watershed before and after socialism as well as on a theoretical level by the sociology of knowledge. With its focus on Central and Eastern Europe this volume is an important contribution to the research on nonreligion and secularity. The collected volume deals with agents and media within specific cultural and historical contexts. Theoretical claims and conceptions by single agents and/or institutions in which the imparting of knowledge about religion and atheism was or is a central assignment, are analyzed. Additionally, procedures of transmitting knowledge about religion and atheism and of sustaining related institutionalized norms, interpretations, roles and practices are in the focus of interest. The book opens the perspective for the multidimensional and negotiating character of legitimation processes, being involved in the establishment or questioning of the institutionalized opposition between religion and atheism or religion and science.

Author : Tomáš Bubík,Atko Remmel,David Václavík
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000039832

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Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe by Tomáš Bubík,Atko Remmel,David Václavík Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In contrast to scholarship that has focused on the ‘decline of religion’ and secularization theory, the book builds upon recent trends to focus on the ‘rise of non-religion’ itself. While the label of ‘post-communism’ might suggest a generalized perception of the region, this survey reveals that the precise developments in each country before, after and even during the communist era are surprisingly diverse. A multinational team of contributors provide interdisciplinary case studies covering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria. This approach utilises perspectives from social and intellectual history in combination with sociology of religion in order to cover the historical development of secularity and secular thought, complemented with sociological data. The study is framed by methodological and analytical chapters. Offering an important geographical perspective to the study of freethought, atheism, secularity and non-religion, this wide-ranging book will be of significant interest to scholars of twentieth-century social and intellectual history, sociology of religion and non-religion, cultural and religious studies, philosophy and theology.

Author : András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110390681

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Focus on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe by András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta Pdf

Different religious groups in Central and Eastern Europe influenced societies in the region after the fall of Communism and continue to play a crucial role in culture, politics, social networks and value transformations. As part of the REVACERN (Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network) project – supported by the EU Sixth Framework Program – more than 70 researchers from 15 countries in the region analyzed and discussed the most important trends in values, religions and religious communities and presented their findings in a comparative way. They tested well-known theories of secularization, nationalism, democracy and pluralism in the colorful region Central and Eastern Europe. This book summarizes their most important findings in seven chapters, addressing religion and its entanglements with geography, values, nationalism, Orthodoxy, education, legal regulation, civil society, social networks, new religious movements and new forms of religiosity. Each chapter also provides a regional overview.

Author : Jean K. Laux
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015054063444

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Religion and Atheism in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe by Jean K. Laux Pdf

Author : Miklós Tomka
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110228151

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Expanding Religion by Miklós Tomka Pdf

Does religion in Eastern and Central Europe matter? -- Public opinion on religion and the churches -- Revival? crisis? metamorphosis? : versions of religious change -- A role of religion in the organization of life -- Assortments of religion -- The prospects for religious development.

Author : Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110546552

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Communicating Religion and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe by Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster Pdf

This book brings together case studies dealing with historical as well as recent phenomena in former socialist nations, which testify the transfer of knowledge about religion and atheism. The material is connected on a semantic level by the presence of a historical watershed before and after socialism as well as on a theoretical level by the sociology of knowledge. With its focus on Central and Eastern Europe this volume is an important contribution to the research on nonreligion and secularity. The collected volume deals with agents and media within specific cultural and historical contexts. Theoretical claims and conceptions by single agents and/or institutions in which the imparting of knowledge about religion and atheism was or is a central assignment, are analyzed. Additionally, procedures of transmitting knowledge about religion and atheism and of sustaining related institutionalized norms, interpretations, roles and practices are in the focus of interest. The book opens the perspective for the multidimensional and negotiating character of legitimation processes, being involved in the establishment or questioning of the institutionalized opposition between religion and atheism or religion and science.

Author : T. Bremer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230590021

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Religion and the Conceptual Boundary in Central and Eastern Europe by T. Bremer Pdf

This volume concentrates on the 'conceptual boundary' through Europe which is determined by Western and Eastern Christianity. The chapters show that the boundary has never been a stable and defined division, but that it was also subject to change and development and a place of encounter and exchange between religions and cultures.

Author : Yoko Aoshima
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781644693834

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Entangled Interactions between Religion and National Consciousness in Central and Eastern Europe by Yoko Aoshima Pdf

This book elucidates the complicated relationship between religion and national consciousness in the modern world, highlighting various cases within Central and Eastern Europe. Through these analyses, contributors demonstrate how religion, far from disappearing, strongly impacted the emerging national consciousness. Starting with the pre-modern era, essays examine the long-term transformation of religious, political, and social situations of the region. In addition, the book considers the impact of imperial powers, which tended to be linked with a universal religion. Light is also shed on the multifaceted nature of nations, which contribute to a new vision of the historical transformation of the region that enriches the general theories of nationalism.

Author : Hans Geybels,Sara Mels,Michel Walrave
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9052015341

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Faith and Media by Hans Geybels,Sara Mels,Michel Walrave Pdf

In the past, ideologies and religions had a real impact on the media. In the current era of mass media and communication strategies, perception takes priority over identity and new questions arise: how to introduce faith and religion in a pluralising and detraditionalising world? What possibilities are offered by the new media? How can technical innovations be incorporated in church communication? Following the conference Belief in the Media (April 2007), this publication focuses on the gap between the language of faith and the language of the general media. The different contributors analyse, from within - but also from outside - a church context, the historical changes and challenges the Catholic Church and other faiths and denominations face with regard to their social communication and media strategies. However it is not only the relationship of religious institutions with the media that is at stake, but also the way in which the media cover topics such as the Middle East, Muslim immigrant populations in Europe, and the World Youth Day. Journalists have to find new ways to get a grip on these issues too.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004292789

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Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened by Anonim Pdf

The book provides a systematic treatise about the history and present of the Academic study of Religions in the Central and Eastern Europe. The origins of the discipline can be found as late as the early 20th century, but promising beginnings were disrupted by the rise of the Marxist-Leninist critique of religion. After the political changes in 1989, the field is successfully re-established, particularly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, and Romania.

Author : Sławomir H. Zaręba,Maria Sroczyńska,Roberto Cipriani,Marcin Choczyński,Wojciech Klimski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000572797

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Metamorphoses of Religion and Spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe by Sławomir H. Zaręba,Maria Sroczyńska,Roberto Cipriani,Marcin Choczyński,Wojciech Klimski Pdf

This book offers a range of contemporary sociological reflections on new manifestations of religion, religiosity, and spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that has seen significant social and political transformation. It explores the development of cultural and religious trends, including secularisation, new spiritualit,y and a resurgence of religiosity outside of traditional structures. The theoretical and empirical contributions by established and emerging scholars address topics including: the experiences and values of young people, the role and influence of media, the relationship between public and private religion, and the position of state and institutions. The book will be of particular interest to sociologists of religion and others focused on contemporary Central and Eastern European societies.

Author : Bruce R. Berglund,Brian Porter-Szűcs
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 6155225664

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Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe by Bruce R. Berglund,Brian Porter-Szűcs Pdf

Religious history more generally has experienced an exciting revival over the past few years, with new methodological and theoretical approaches invigorating the field. The time has definitely come for this "new religious history" to arrive in Eastern Europe. This book explores the influence of the Christian churches in Eastern Europe's social, cultural, and political history. Drawing upon archival sources, the work fills a vacuum as few scholars have systematically explored the history of Christianity in the region. The result of a three-year project, this collective work challenges readers with questions like: Is secularization a useful concept in understanding the long-term dynamics of religiosity in Eastern Europe? Is the picture of oppression and resistance an accurate way to characterize religious life under communism, or did Christians and communists find ways to co-exist on the local level prior to 1989? And what role did Christians actually play in dissident movements under communism? Perhaps most important is the question: what does the study of Eastern Europe contribute to the broader study of modern Christian history, and what can we learn from the interpretative problems that arise, uniquely, from this region?

Author : C. M. Hann
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3825899047

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The Postsocialist Religious Question by C. M. Hann Pdf

Assumptions of increasing secularization have been called into question across the globe but under the socialist variants of modernity traditional forms of religious belief and practice were subject to quite specific forms of repression in favour of 'scientific atheism'. What is the legacy of this socialist experience for the postsocialist era? How is religion mobilized in the public sphere to support assertions of ethnic identity and the building of nations and states? In the private sphere, how does religion help persons to cope with uncertainty and dislocation? What has been the impact of external influences, including pressures to implement religious human rights as well as the missionising efforts of modernist, 'universalizing' faiths, both Christian and Muslim? This book explores new configurations of local, national and global religious communities through ethnographic studies from two regions, Central Asia and East-Central Europe. The main focus is on the consequences of changes in the sphere of religion for generalized civility, which is understood minimally as the acceptance of diverse beliefs and practices in everyday social life.

Author : Miriam Shoshana Sobre
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781793605191

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Jewish-American Identity and Critical Intercultural Communication by Miriam Shoshana Sobre Pdf

Jewish-American Identity and Critical Intercultural Communication: Never Forget, Tikkun Olam, and Kindness to Strangers explores what it means to be Jewish on a personal, sociocultural, and global-political level. This book employs 50+ interviews with diverse Jewish voices to provide a history of Jewish migration to the US and to privilege voices that are not necessarily White and Eastern European/Ashkenazic. Sobré argues for a more inclusive form of intercultural theorizing that favors intersectionality and allyship over oppression Olympics (stereotypes between members of different nondominant groups) and colorism (within nondominant group discrimination). Such siloing of differences, and further competing about whose differences are the most egregious, minimizes critical intercultural coalition opportunities allowing for such groups as those who gave power to Trump and Netanyahu to connect while inclusive progressives engage in in-fighting and separatism. The author calls for transversal dialogic politics, racially and historically accurate school curriculum, intersectionality and more inclusive intercultural communication scholarship and practice as various means of working together against white nationalism and white supremacy in the US and the world. Scholars of religious studies, cultural anthropology, and intercultural communication will find this book of particular interest.

Author : Miroslav Polzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : UVA:X030338055

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Religion and European Integration by Miroslav Polzer Pdf