Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe: Challenges since 1989

S. Ramet

Springer, Jan 31, 2014 - History - 336 pages

This volume examines the political engagement of religious associations in the post-socialist countries of Central and Southeastern Europe, with a focus on revelations about the collaboration of clergy with the communist-era secret police, intolerance, and controversies about the inclusion of religious instruction in the schools.

Contents

• An Introduction: 1
• Polarization Privatization and Decline in Influence: 25
• 3 The Catholic Church in the Post1989 Czech Republic and Slovakia: 53
• 4 The Kádár Regime and the Subduing of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy: 86
• 5 The Catholic Church and Politics in Slovenia: 115
• Legal Framework Religious Instruction and Social Expectations: 131
• The Legacy of Religious Involvement: 155
• The Case of the Serbian Orthodox Church: 180
• Institutionalization and Feuds: 212
• The Quest for Autocephaly: 240
• 11 The Orthodox Churches and Democratization in Romania and Bulgaria: 263
• 12 Religion and Politics among Albanians of Southeastern Europe: 286
• Afterword: 314
• Further Reading: 317
• Name Index: 322
• Subject Index: 327

About the author

Branko An?i?, Sociologist, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Isa Blumi, Senior Research Fellow, Leipzig University, Germany Janine Natalya Clark, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK Robert Goeckel, Professor, State University of New York, USA Ankica Marinovi?, Scientific Researcher, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Dinka Marinovi? Jerolimov, Scientific Advisor, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Kenneth Morrison, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, UK Egon Pelikan, Associate Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia Radmila Radi?, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Recent History of Serbia Milan Reban, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of North Texas, USA Lavinia Stan, Associate Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Lucian Turcescu, Professor, Concordia University, Canada Krisztián Ungváry, Researcher, Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Hungary Milan Vukomanovi?, Full Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia Aleksander Zdravkovski, Ph.D. candidate, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Sini a Zrin ?ak, Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Bibliographic information

• Title: Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe: Challenges since 1989; Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
• Editor: S. Ramet
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer, 2014
• ISBN: 1137330724, 9781137330727
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / General; History / Modern / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / World / European; Religion / History