Focus On Religion In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,5 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 : András Máté-Tóth,Cosima Rughinis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110228144

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Spaces and Borders by András Máté-Tóth,Cosima Rughinis Pdf

People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe. The volume is a result of a research community constituted within the REVACERN project – Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network, supported by the 6th framework program of the European Union. Chapters are structured in three sections, focusing on individual experiences of religion and spirituality, on religious elites, and on the interaction of religion with politics. Sociology, political science and history are triangulated to render a clear understanding of the individual experiences of religion and secularity, and of the strategic choices of religious and political elites, taking readers along an exploration of religious identity and otherness.

Author : Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,5 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 : 47,5 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 : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032197455

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Metamorphoses of Religion and Spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe by Taylor & Francis Group 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 secularization, new spirituality 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 : András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110228120

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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 : Sławomir H. Zaręba,Maria Sroczyńska,Roberto Cipriani,Marcin Choczyński,Wojciech Klimski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,8 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 : Maria Crăciun,Ovidiu Ghitta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ethnicity
ISBN : IND:30000057330320

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Ethnicity and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe by Maria Crăciun,Ovidiu Ghitta Pdf

Author : Béla K. Király
Publisher : East European Monographs
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Dissenters, Religious
ISBN : UCAL:B3933344

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Tolerance and Movements of Religious Dissent in Eastern Europe by Béla K. Király Pdf

An important volume focusing on religious tolerance and dissent in East Central Europe. The contributors are leading scholars on various aspects and chronological periods of the topic.

Author : Jenny Vorpahl,Dirk Schuster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : Bruce R. Berglund,Brian A. Porter
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789639776654

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

Disgraceful collusion. Heroic resistance. Suppression of faith. Perseverance of convictions. The story of Christianity in twentieth-century Eastern Europe is often told in stark scenes of tragedy and triumph. Overlooked in the retelling of these dramas is how the region's clergy and lay believers lived their faith, acted within religious and political institutions, and adapted their traditions---while struggling to make sense of a changing world. The contributors to this volume, coming from the U.S. and Western and Eastern Europe, look beyond the narratives of resistance and collaboration. They offer surprising new evidence from archives and oral history interviews, and they provide fresh interpretations of Christianity as it was lived and expressed in modern Europe: from religiosity in the industrial cities of the late nineteenth century to current debates over immigration and European identity; from theological debates in East Germany to folk healing in post-socialist Bulgaria; and, counter-intuitively, from religious fervor among the Czechs to indifference among the Poles. Addressing Christianity in diverse forms---Orthodox, Protestant, Roman and Greek Catholic---as an integral part of the region's politics, society, and culture, this collection is a major addition to studies of both Eastern Europe and religion in the twentieth century. "A volume that specialists in the history of Christianity in other regions of the world will read with great interest, and a degree of envy. As an historian of religion in Western Europe, I can say that although there is a vast literature on the religious history of the nineteenth century and a growing literature on the twentieth century, there is nothing quite like this." From the Foreword by Hugh McLeod, author of The Religious Crisis of the 1960s. "This is a path-breaking book in two different ways. It contributes to the re-evaluation of the nature of modern European religion generally, and to the nature of religion in the modern world." Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa, author of Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India.

Author : Trevor Johnson,R. W. Scribner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349248360

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Popular Religion in Germany and Central Europe, 1400-1800 by Trevor Johnson,R. W. Scribner Pdf

Studies in the field of popular religion have for some time been among the most innovative in social and cultural history, but until now there have been few publications providing any adequate overview for Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. This volume presents the results of recent research by younger scholars working on major aspects of this subject. The nine essays range over nearly four centuries of German history, encompassing late-medieval female piety, propaganda for radical Hussite dissent, attitudes towards the Jews, legitimation for the witchcraze on the eve of the Reformation, attempts to implement Protestant reform in German villages, Reformation attacks on popular magic and female culture, problems of defining the Reformation in small German towns, Protestant popular prophecy and formation of confessional identity, and the missionising strategies of the Counter-Reformation.

Author : Tobias Koellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351018920

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Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe by Tobias Koellner Pdf

This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and politics is complex, and how the spheres of religion and politics complement, reinforce, influence, and sometimes contradict each other. Considering a range of thematic issues, with examples from a wide range of countries with significant Orthodox religious groups, and setting the present situation in its full historical context the book provides a rich picture of a subject which has been too often oversimplified.

Author : Marcin Jewdokimow,Stefania Palmisano,Isabelle Jonveaux,Routledge,Taylor & Francis (Londyn).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367757095

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The Transformation of Religious Orders in Central and Eastern Europe by Marcin Jewdokimow,Stefania Palmisano,Isabelle Jonveaux,Routledge,Taylor & Francis (Londyn). Pdf

Author : Maruška Svašek
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857455591

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Postsocialism by Maruška Svašek Pdf

In many parts of post-socialist Europe the tumultuous political and economic developments have generated strong emotions, ranging from hope and euphoria to disappointment, envy, disillusionment, sorrow, loneliness, and hatred. Yet these aspects have been largely neglected in analyses of the profound transformations that have taken place in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990. Based on a wide variety of ethnographic case studies focusing on Russian, Siberian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Czech, and Polish communities, this volume proves the significance of emotions to post-socialist political processes as an inherent part of the transformations and sheds new light on the impact of local, national, and transnational political forces that have given rise to the resurgence of nationalist sentiments, increasing poverty and marginalization, conflicts arising from the restitution of state property, constitutional changes, and economic deprivation.